Southeast Asia’s death toll from Typhoon Yagi crosses 500

Damaged buildings and debris after Yagi hit Ha Long, Vietnam. Pic/AFP

Floods and landslides in Myanmar triggered by last week's Typhoon Yagi and seasonal monsoon rains have claimed at least 226 lives, with 77 people missing. The new figures push the total number of dead in Southeast Asia from the storm past 500.

The accounting of casualties has been slow, in part due to communication difficulties with the affected areas. Myanmar is wracked by civil war since 2021. Typhoon Yagi earlier hit Vietnam, northern Thailand and Laos, killing almost 300 people in Vietnam, 42 in Thailand and four in Laos. In the Philippines, 21 people were killed and others 26 missing.

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