Làng Nủ hamlet in Bảo Yên Commune, Lào Cai Province, was the site of the deadliest event in typhoon Yagi's destruction, with 81 people killed in a flash flood. — VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — As of Tuesday morning, a total of 329 people have been killed or gone missing as a result of super typhoon Yagi and subsequent flooding and landslides across northern region, according to the Việt Nam Disasters and Dyke Management Authority.

291 have been confirmed dead, while 38 people remain unaccounted for.

The majority of the death toll is in the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai, with 124 dead and 26 missing people. Most is from the fatal flash flood that wiped out part of a village with 128 residents, killing 81 people.

The mountainous provinces Cao Bằng and Yên Bái follow with 55 deaths and 2 missing, and 53 deaths and one missing, respectively.

1,922 people were injured in the disasters.

Additionally, the typhoon, floods, and landslides have damaged 235,424 houses, mainly concentrated in: Quảng Ninh (102,467), Hải Phòng (102,859), Lào Cai (7,817), Lạng Sơn (3,568), Bắc Ninh (3,472), Bắc Giang (3,289), and Yên Bái (2,408).

200,248 hectares of rice and 50,612 hectares of crops were flooded and damaged.

61,089 hectares of fruit trees were destroyed.

The storm and floods also caused 726 dyke incidents.

Regarding transportation, the northern railway lines have been restored, and most inland waterway operations have returned to normal. However, some road sections are still affected by landslides, and authorities are directing traffic and clearing hazardous areas, deploying equipment to reopen roads as soon as possible. — VNS