Residents are helped through flood waters by military personnel in Myanmar's Naypyidaw region on Friday following heavy rains in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi. (Sai Aung Main/AFP via Getty Images)
Typhoon Yagi swept across southeast Asia this week, with heavy rain triggering landslides and flash floods that have left hundreds of people dead.
In Vietnam, the death toll climbed to more than 230 Friday, with nearly 800 others injured and over 100 people missing, according to Vietnam’s emergency management agency.
A drone view of a flooded village in Chiang Rai in the northern province of Thailand on Friday. (Anupong Intawong/Reuters)
In Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, floodwaters from the swollen Red River “were beginning to recede,” the Associated Press reported. “But many neighborhoods remained inundated and farther north experts were predicting it could still be days before any relief is in sight.”
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Yagi made landfall in Vietnam Saturday, triggering flooding and landslides in northern Thailand, Laos and northeastern Myanmar.
Photos taken in the aftermath of the storm show residents wading through chest-deep floodwaters, with rescue workers using buckets to tow children and others bringing their pets and livestock to safety.
Others showed rescue workers using Jet Skis to search for victims.
A boy sits in a bucket as people wade through a flooded street in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Wednesday. (Khanh Vu/Reuters)
A man uses a boat to paddle through floodwaters from Typhoon Yagi in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Friday. (Hau Dinh/AP)
Two men guide cattle through high flowing floodwaters in Sin Thay village, Pyinmana, in Myanmar's Naypyidaw region Friday. (Sai Aung Main/AFP via Getty Images)
This aerial photo shows floodwaters surrounding houses in the northern Thai city of Chiang Rai on Thursday. (Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP via Getty Images)
A man wades through floodwaters with his pet ducks in Apalit, Pampanga, Philippines, on Sept. 5. (Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)
This aerial photo shows flooded farms and fields in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Thursday. (Nhac Nguyen/AFP via Getty Images)
A rescue worker uses a Jet Ski to search for victims in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand, on Friday. (Sarot Meksophawannakul/AP)
A woman carries her dog through a flooded street in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Thursday. (Hau Dinh/AP)
People look at a dragon structure in a submerged playground in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Tuesday. (Huy Han/AP)
Residents walk through floodwaters in Pyinmana in Myanmar's Naypyidaw region on Friday. (Sai Aung Main/AFP via Getty Images)
A Buddhist monk wades through floodwaters as another sits on a broken roof in front of a monastery in Sin Thay village in Pyinmana, in Myanmar's Naypyidaw region, on Friday. (Sai Aung Main/AFP via Getty Images)
A drone view shows a flooded highway in Chiang Rai in the northern province of Thailand on Friday. (Anupong Intawong/Reuters)
A man wades through floodwaters carrying brooms in An Lac village, Hanoi, Vietnam, on Friday. (Hau Dinh/AP)
A man pushes a scooter through a flooded street in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Thursday. (Hau Dinh/AP)
A child looks out from their flooded home amid heavy rains from Typhoon Yagi in Pampanga, Philippines, on Sept. 5. (Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)
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