HANOI: A landslide triggered by flash floods from Typhoon Yagi has killed at least 16 people in northern Vietnam and left many people missing, state media reported on Wednesday. According to several reports, a total of 128 people were buried in the disaster in Nu village in Lao Cai province on Tuesday, while at least 30 were rescued, but many others are still missing. Yagi hit Vietnam over the weekend, bringing winds in excess of 149 kilometers per hour and a deluge of rain that caused flooding that locals said had not been seen in decades. The landslide occurred in a remote mountain area and rescue efforts are difficult, the state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper said, adding that there is no internet in the area and traffic has been disrupted. “Authorities are mobilizing forces to approach the landslide area to continue searching for survivors,” district party chief Hoang Quoc Bao said, according to Tuoi Tre. The landslide came as tens of thousands of people were forced from their homes on Tuesday, with many stuck on rooftops and desperate pleas for help on social media. Typhoons in the region are forming closer to the coast, intensifying faster and staying over land longer due to climate change, according to a study published in July.
