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Vietnam storm: Death toll up to 59; bridge collapses
Updated On: 10 September, 2024 07:33 AM IST | Hanoi | Agencies
In Phu Tho province, rescue operations were continuing after a steel bridge over the engorged Red River collapsed Monday morning
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The collapsed Phong Chau bridge over the Red River in Phu Tho province. Pic/AFP
A bridge collapsed and a bus was swept away by flooding Monday as more rain fell following a typhoon Vietnam that has caused at least 59 deaths in the Southeast Asian country and disrupted businesses and factories in the export-focused northern industrial hubs, state media reported.
Nine people died when Typhoon Yagi made landfall in Vietnam on Saturday before weakening to a tropical depression, and at least 50 others have died in the consequent floods and landslides, state media VN Express reported. The water levels of several rivers in northern Vietnam were dangerously high. A passenger bus carrying 20 people was swept into a flooded stream by a landslide in mountainous Cao Bang province Monday morning. Rescuers were deployed but landslides blocked their path.
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