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"Asia’s strongest storm this year, Super Typhoon Yagi, made landfall in
northern Vietnam on Saturday, the meteorological agency said, killing at least
four people after tearing through China’s island of Hainan and the Philippines.
Super Typhoon Yagi hit island districts of north Vietnam at about 1pm (0600
GMT), generating winds of up to 160kph (99mph) near its centre, having lost
power from its peak of 234kph (145mph) in Hainan a day earlier.
The government said that, as of 5pm, four people had died and 78 had been
injured by the typhoon. At least another dozen were missing at sea, according
to state media.
Yagi had already claimed the lives of at least two people in Hainan and 16
people in the Philippines, the first country it hit, having formed east of the
archipelago earlier in the week.
The storm triggered widespread power outages.
Vietnam’s coastal city of Haiphong, an industrial hub with a population of 2
million people that hosts factories for foreign multinationals and local
carmaker VinFast, was among the hardest-hit by winds with speeds of up to
90kph.
In Haiphong the strong winds smashed windows, and waves were as much as three
metres high when they hit the coast, according to a Reuters witness.
Metal roofing sheets were blown away, pictures and footage on local media
showed. The government said thousands of trees had fallen and many houses were
damaged across northern Vietnam.
Earlier in Hainan, which has a population of more than 10 million, the storm
felled trees, flooded roads and cut power to more than 800,000 homes."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
