Floods sweep away village in Vietnam as Typhoon Yagi death toll hits 141

The landslide engulfed the remote mountainous village of Lang Nu in Lao Cai province, near China, killing at least 22 people and leaving another 73 people still missing, multiple media reports said.

The torrent of water gushing down from a mountain buried Lang Nu hamlet, with its 35 families in mud and debris, Vietnamese state broadcaster VTV said. Only about a dozen are known to have survived. Rescuers have recovered 16 bodies so far.

The death toll from Typhoon Yagi and its aftermath has climbed to 141 in Vietnam alone with hundreds more injured, VTV said. Severe flooding in the aftermath of the area’s strongest storm in decades claimed victims across multiple countries.

Yagi struck at the weekend bringing winds in excess of 149km (92 miles) per hour and a deluge of rain that has caused flooding not seen in decades. It made landfall on Saturday and despite weakening on Sunday, downpours have continued and rivers remain dangerously high.