Vietnam puts typhoon losses at $1.6 billion
Yagi battered Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand with powerful winds and a huge dump of rain over a week ago, triggering floods and landslides that have killed more than 400 people, according to official figures.
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A home inundated by floodwater at Inle Lake, in Myanmar’s southern Shan state. - Typhoon Yagi brought a colossal deluge of rain that has inundated a swathe of northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar, triggering deadly landslides and widespread river flooding. AFP photo
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Typhoon Yagi caused $1.6 billion in economic losses in Vietnam, state media said on Monday, as the UN's World Food Programme said the deadly floods it triggered in