Hanoi:

Asia’s strongest storm this year, Typhoon Yagi, caused damages estimated at 81.5 trillion dong ($3.31 billion) across northern Vietnam, or twice as much as previous estimates, state media said on Saturday.

The typhoon, which killed 299 with 34 missing, devastated export-oriented industrial hubs, destroying factories and facilities, besides flooding farmland, damaging homes, and tearing up a bridge.

“The total economic damage is initially estimated at over 81.5 trillion dong, with most damage triggered by landslides and flash floods,” state-run Vietnam News Agency quoted Agriculture Minister Le Minh Hoan as saying.

The figure exceeds a preliminary estimate of $1.6 billion made this month by the planning ministry that threatened to chip 0.15 percentage point from a forecast for economic growth of 6.8% to 7% this year.

Hoan urged authorities to help people resume production while ensuring supplies and holding down prices, as farm and agricultural land were among the areas hit hardest.

Live pig prices in Vietnam have risen steadily since Typhoon Yagi and subsequent flooding affected several pig farms, Reuters has reported.

On Thursday, rating agency S&P Global said Vietnamese banks’ profitability would be hit because of typhoon debt relief measures ordered by the central bank.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

New Delhi:

India has sent a second tranche of relief supplies to Myanmar under its Operation Sadbhav, which was launched two days ago to help Southeast Asian countries deal with Typhoon Yagi.

Massive floods have wreaked destruction in various parts of Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam after Typhoon Yagi, said to be Asia’s most powerful storm this year, struck the three countries.

Typhoon Yagi is named after the Japanese word for goat and the constellation of Capricornus.

In Myanmar, the typhoon has caused the loss of hundreds of lives, massive destruction of property and has affected lakhs of people.

India sent the 32-tonne consignment of relief materials to Myanmar today on an IL-76 transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force, the Ministry of External Affairs said.

#OperationSadbhav continues: dispatches a second tranche of aid to Myanmar.

@IAF_mcc aircraft is carrying 32 tons of relief material including genset, hygiene kits, temporary shelter, water purification supplies and medicines for the people of .

Indian Navy… pic.twitter.com/AawX1DIQGT

— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) September 17, 2024

The consignment “comprised gensets, temporary shelter, hygiene kits, solar lamps and other relief materials”, it said.

The Indian government had earlier dispatched 21 tonnes of relief material within hours of receipt of the request from the Myanmar side on Monday, the MEA said in a statement. Relief supplies such as ready-to-eat meals, kitchen sets, solar lamps, medical supplies, mosquito nets, water purification tablets and disinfectants were sent to Yangon aboard Indian naval ship INS Satpura on Monday.

“In line with our longstanding ‘Act East’ and ‘Neighbourhood First’ policies, Operation Sadbhav is part of India’s broader efforts to support the friendly people of Myanmar,” the MEA added.

India had also sent 10 tonnes of emergency flood relief assistance to Laos aboard an IAF aircraft. Another aircraft carried 35 tonnes of aid consisting of water purification items, water containers, blankets, kitchen utensils, solar lanterns for Vietnam.

India launches #OperationSadbhav.

Demonstrating our solidarity with the people affected by Typhoon Yagi, India is dispatching aid to Myanmar, Vietnam and Laos.

10 tons of aid including dry ration, clothing and medicines left for onboard @indiannavy INS Satpura today.… pic.twitter.com/ooR0ipnxqI

— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) September 15, 2024

RELIEF SENT TO NAMIBIA

India also dispatched 1,000 metric tonnes of rice to Namibia today to assist the African country that has been reeling under a drought.

“As a credible HADR (Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief) provider and a reliable friend, India is extending food grain assistance to the people of Namibia to strengthen their food security in the wake of recent droughts,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) posted on X.

Humanitarian support to Namibia: In solidarity with the Global South.

As a credible HADR provider and a reliable friend, is extending food grain assistance to the people of , to strengthen their food security in the wake of recent spells of drought.

A consignment of… pic.twitter.com/ndEGpzBkxc

— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) September 17, 2024

The relief consignment departed from Nhava Sheva Port today.

On Saturday, India also announced humanitarian assistance for another African country, Chad, after a deadly fire in the capital city N’Djamena on June 19. Several people were killed and injured in a fire and explosion at a weapons and ammunition depot.

New Delhi: Security personnel dispatch relief material to Typhoon Yagi-hit Myanmar, Vietnam and Laos.
| Photo Credit: PTI

India launched Operation Sadbhav to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) to Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam that have been hit by severe flooding caused by Typhoon Yagi. India has committed $1mn worth of flood relief assistance to Vietnam and $1,00,000 worth of assistance to Laos, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced. Following this, the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force (IAF) have swung into action deploying ships and aircraft to ferry the assistance.

“Demonstrating our solidarity with the people affected by Typhoon Yagi, India is dispatching aid to Myanmar, Vietnam and Laos. Ten tonnes of aid, including dry ration, clothing and medicines left for Myanmar onboard INS Satpura on September 15. IAF is carrying 35 tonnes of aid comprising water purification items, water containers, blankets, kitchen utensils, solar lanterns for Vietnam. Ten tonnes of aid comprising genset, water purification items, hygiene supplies, mosquito nets, blankets and sleeping bags sent for Laos,” External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on social media ‘X’.

The IAF has deployed its C-17 Globemaster aircraft for the HADR operations to airlift aid to Vietnam and Laos. Swift and efficient loading and coordination was carried out by the C-17 team at the Hindan Air Force station, an IAF official said. “The C-17 aircraft, known for their large cargo capacity and long-range capabilities, are typically used to transport relief materials, essential supplies, and personnel to disaster-affected areas.”

Noting that several regions across Myanmar have been severely impacted by Typhoon Yagi, originating from the South China Sea, the Navy commenced preparations to provide HADR assistance. The Eastern Naval Command, in co-cordination with Eastern Fleet and other supporting units — Base Victualling Yard, material organisation and INHS Kalyani — have successfully completed the overnight loading of HADR pallets, including HADR gears, drinking water, victualling rations and medicines etc., onto the Indian naval warship destined from Visakhapatnam for HADR operations in Yangon, the Navy said in a statement.

First responders

India has been among the first responders in providing HADR to the region, the MEA noted, adding, “Operation Sadbhav is part of India’s broader effort to contribute to HADR within the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) region, in line with its longstanding ‘Act East Policy’.”

Typhoon Yagi, which has been termed the strongest tropical cyclone that has hit Asia in 2024, has displaced millions across South East Asia and caused widespread devastation. Yagi started as a tropical storm in the western Philippine Sea on September 1 and turned into a Category 5 typhoon and made landfall in China’s Hainan province with winds of 223 kmph on September 6.

The MEA stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had conveyed sympathies and solidarity to Prime Minister of Vietnam Pham Minh Chinh immediately after the typhoon struck Vietnam.

New Delhi:

India on Sunday sent urgent relief materials to Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam under an operation christened ‘Sadbhav’ to assist them in dealing with the impact of a major typhoon.

Various parts of Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam have been reeling under massive floods after Typhoon Yagi, said to be Asia’s most powerful storm this year, hit the three countries.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said 10 tonnes of aid including dry ration, clothing and medicines were dispatched to Myanmar onboard Indian naval ship INS Satpura.

A military transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force is carrying 35 tonnes of aid to Vietnam and 10 tonnes of relief materials to Laos.

“India launches #OperationSadbhav. Demonstrating our solidarity with the people affected by Typhoon Yagi, India is dispatching aid to Myanmar, Vietnam and Laos,” Jaishankar said on ‘X’.

“10 tons of aid including dry ration, clothing and medicines left for Myanmar onboard @indiannavy INS Satpura today,” he said.

Jaishankar added: “@IAF_MCC is carrying 35 tons of aid comprising of water purification items, water containers, blankets, kitchen utensils, solar lanterns for Vietnam.” “10 tons of aid comprising genset, water purification items, hygiene supplies, mosquito nets, blankets and sleeping bags for Laos,” he said.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

New Delhi:

India on Sunday sent urgent relief materials to Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam under an operation christened ‘Sadbhav’ to assist them in dealing with the impact of a major typhoon.

Various parts of Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam have been reeling under massive floods after Typhoon Yagi, said to be Asia’s most powerful storm this year, hit the three countries.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said 10 tonnes of aid including dry ration, clothing and medicines were dispatched to Myanmar onboard Indian naval ship INS Satpura.

A military transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force is carrying 35 tonnes of aid to Vietnam and 10 tonnes of relief materials to Laos.

“India launches #OperationSadbhav. Demonstrating our solidarity with the people affected by Typhoon Yagi, India is dispatching aid to Myanmar, Vietnam and Laos,” Jaishankar said on ‘X’.

“10 tons of aid including dry ration, clothing and medicines left for Myanmar onboard @indiannavy INS Satpura today,” he said.

Jaishankar added: “@IAF_MCC is carrying 35 tons of aid comprising of water purification items, water containers, blankets, kitchen utensils, solar lanterns for Vietnam.” “10 tons of aid comprising genset, water purification items, hygiene supplies, mosquito nets, blankets and sleeping bags for Laos,” he said.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

Local residents travel by boat on a flooded road in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024.
| Photo Credit: AP

The death toll in Myanmar in the wake of Typhoon Yagi has jumped to 74, state media reported on Sunday (September 15, 2024), a day after its junta made a rare request for foreign aid.

Floods and landslides have killed almost 350 people in Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand in the wake of Typhoon Yagi, which hit the region last weekend, according to official figures.

In Myanmar, the floods “resulted in 74 deaths and 89 people missing” as of Friday evening, the Global New Light of Myanmar said.

Search and rescue operations were ongoing, it said, adding that the floods had destroyed more than 65,000 houses and five dams, heaping further misery on the country where war has raged since the military’s 2021 coup.

The junta’s previous death toll was 33, with more than 235,000 people displaced, according to figures released on Friday.

Swathes of farmland have been inundated in central regions, including around the sprawling, low-lying capital Naypyidaw.

There have been reports of landslides in hilly areas but with roads and bridges damaged and phone and internet lines down, compiling information has been difficult.

The Sittaung and Bago rivers, which flow through central and southern Myanmar, were both still above dangerous levels on Sunday, state media said, athough water levels were expected to fall in the coming days.

Authorities in Myanmar had opened 82 “relief camps” to house displaced people, according to state media.

Thailand’s weather office warned Sunday of further heavy rain in provinces along the Mekong river.

Request for aid

The floods have heaped more misery on Myanmar, where more than 2.7 million people have already displaced by conflict.

Myanmar’s junta chief made a rare request for foreign aid to deal with the floods, state media reported on Saturday.

The military has previously blocked or frustrated humanitarian assistance from abroad.

Last year it suspended travel authorisations for aid groups trying to reach around a million victims of powerful Cyclone Mocha that hit the west of the country.

On Saturday, the UN’s Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in Myanmar and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) told AFP they could not currently comment on the junta’s request.

Heavy monsoon rains lash Southeast Asia every year, but human-made climate change is causing more intense weather patterns that can make destructive floods more likely.

Climate change is causing typhoons to form closer to the coast, intensify faster and stay longer over land, according to a study published in July.

Yangon:

Floods in Myanmar sparked by Typhoon Yagi have displaced more than 235,000 people and killed at least 33, the junta said on Friday.

“There are 236,649 people from 59,413 households who were displaced because of typhoon floods… There were 33 deaths and one person injured around the country,” junta spokesman Zaw Min Tun said in an audio statement.

He said authorities have “lost communication with some areas” and urged those living near river banks to seek shelter elsewhere and “be vigilant” until Sunday.

Earlier Friday, Myanmar’s fire service gave a higher death count of 36.

Authorities were investigating reports that dozens of migrant workers in gold mining areas in central Mandalay region were missing following landslides, the junta spokesman said.

People in parts of Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar have been battling floods and landslides in the wake of Typhoon Yagi, which dumped a colossal deluge of rain when it hit the region last weekend.

More than 2.7 million people were already displaced in Myanmar by conflict triggered by the junta’s 2021 coup, which has plunged the country into turmoil.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

Rescue workers search for the missing ones after a flash flood buries a hamlet in mud and debris in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi in Lao Cai province, Vietnam, on September 12, 2024.
| Photo Credit: AP

“The death toll in the aftermath of a typhoon Yagi in Vietnam climbed to 233 on Friday (September 13, 2024) as rescue workers recovered more bodies from areas hit by landslides and flash floods,” state media reported.

State-run broadcaster VTV said emergency crews have now recovered 48 bodies from the area of Lang Nu, a small village in northern Lao Cai province that was swept away in a deluge of water, mud and debris from mountains on Tuesday (September 10, 2024). Another 39 people are still missing. Across Vietnam, 103 people are still listed as missing and more than 800 have been injured.

Also read: Typhoon Yagi: 143 dead, 58 missing after powerful storm hits Vietna

Typhoon Yagi was the strongest typhoon to hit the Southeast Asian country in decades. It made landfall on Saturday (September 7, 2024) with winds of up to 149 kph (92 mph). Though it had weakened by Sunday, downpours continued and rivers remain dangerously high.

Roads to Lang Nu have been badly damaged, making it impossible to bring heavy equipment in to aid in the rescue effort.

Some 500 personnel with sniffer dogs are on hand, and in a visit to the scene on Thursday (September 12, 2024), Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh promised they would not relent in their search for those still missing. “Their families are in agony,” Mr. Chinh said.

In a sign of hope, eight people from two Lang Nu households were found safe on Friday morning, state-run VNExpress newspaper reported. They had been out of the area at the time when the flash flood hit.

In Vietnam’s Phu Tho province, a steel bridge over the engorged Red River collapsed on September 9th, as the region faced the devastating impact of Typhoon Yagi.

A video of the incident that surfaced on social media showed a lorry plunging into the river

The number of people dead after Typhoon Yagi swept through northern Vietnam has risen to 143, while 58 people were missing, the government said on September 11

Around 2,10,000 hectares of crops have been destroyed

Yagi was the strongest typhoon to hit the Southeast Asian country in decades.

It made landfall on September 5th, with winds of up to 149 kph

Despite the weakening of the typhoon, the rains have continued and water levels in rivers remain dangerously high.

On September 8th, a landslide killed six people including an infant and injured nine others in Sa Pa town, a popular trekking base 

Municipal workers along with Army and police were engaged in clearing the uprooted trees, fallen billboards and toppled electricity poles

Before hitting Vietnam, Yagi caused at least 20 deaths in the Philippines last week and four deaths in southern China.

Production: Gayatri Menon

Voiceover: Jude Weston

People wade through flood waters on a boat in Hanoi on September 12, 2024, as heavy rains in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi brought flooding to northern Vietnam.
| Photo Credit: AFP

Nearly 200 people have died in Vietnam in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi and more than 125 are missing as flash floods and landslides take their toll, state media reported Thursday (September 12, 2024).

Vietnam’s VnExpress newspaper reported that 197 people have died and 128 are still missing, while more than 800 have been injured.

In the capital, flood waters from the Red River receded slightly but many areas were still inundated.

In Hanoi’s Tay Ho district, people waded through muddy brown water above their knees to make their way along one street, some still wearing their bicycle and motorcycle helmets after abandoning their vehicles along the way.

A few paddled along the road in small boats as empty water bottles, a stryofoam cooler and other flotsam drifted by; one man pushed his motorbike toward drier ground in an aluminum sloop.

Pedestrians hiked up their shorts as high as possible to avoid being soaked by the wake caused by a delivery truck powering its way through the water.

Yagi was the strongest typhoon to hit the Southeast Asian country in decades. It made landfall Saturday (September 7, 2024), with winds of up to 149 kph (92 mph). Despite weakening on Sunday (September 8, 2024), downpours continued, and rivers remain dangerously high.

The flooding in Hanoi has been reportedly the worst in two decades, and has led to widespread evacuations.

The death toll spiked earlier in the week as a flash flood swept away the entire hamlet of Lang Nu in northern Vietnam’s Lao Cai province Tuesday.

Hundreds of rescue personnel worked tirelessly Wednesday (September 11, 2024) to search for survivors, but as of Thursday morning, 53 villagers remained missing, VnExpress reported, while seven more bodies were found, bringing the death toll there to 42.

Floods and landslides have caused most of the deaths, many of which have come in the northwestern Lao Cai province, bordering China, where Lang Nu is located. Lao Cai province is also home to the popular trekking destination of Sapa.

Also Read: What causes landslides? Can we predict them to save lives?

On Monday (September 9, 2024), a bridge collapsed and a bus was swept away by flooding, killing dozens of people.

The steel bridge in Phu Tho province over the engorged Red River collapsed, sending 10 cars and trucks along with two motorbikes into the river. The bus carrying 20 people was swept into a flooded stream by a landslide in mountainous Cao Bang province.

Experts say storms like Typhoon Yagi are getting stronger due to climate change, as warmer ocean waters provide more energy to fuel them, leading to higher winds and heavier rainfall.