On Monday, a highway bridge in northern Vietnam collapsed and was partially washed away by flooding. Super Typhoon “Yagi” brought high water levels.
Videos show the sudden collapse, taking with it trucks, cars and motorcycles. About half of the bridge collapsed.
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Search for missing persons
It is still unclear how many people are missing after the accident at the Phong Chau Bridge, state-run newspaper Quang Doi Nhan Dan quoted a local politician as saying. Rescue workers are on duty searching for the missing in the Red River, which flows under the bridge.
“It all happened very quickly”
The media quoted an eyewitness as saying: “This morning at around 10:00, I wanted to cross the Phong Chau Bridge. As I approached the bridge, three cars drove in front of my vehicle. Suddenly, the bridge started shaking and the river collapsed.” “It all happened very quickly: within about a minute, the bridge collapsed and was washed away.”
The possible cause was flooding and extremely fast currents, the media quoted a local politician as saying. The bridge is in Phu Tho province, about 75 kilometres from the capital Hanoi. Deputy Minister of Environment Nguyen Hoang Hiep said the impact of Tropical Storm Yagi was terrible and particularly devastating for the northern mountainous provinces.
Dozens of people died this weekend in landslides and flooding caused by the typhoon in northern Vietnam. There was also a lot of damage, says the chairman of the South Korean Business Association in Vietnam, referring to factories in coastal areas.
Typhoon raged for 15 hours
The typhoon raged for nearly 15 hours in Vietnam, mainly in the north. Several airports temporarily suspended operations over the weekend. According to experts, “Yagi” was the most powerful tropical storm in decades in both China and Vietnam. According to state news agency Xinhua, the Chinese meteorological agency classified Yagi as the strongest autumn typhoon since 1949. In the People’s Republic, four people were killed and dozens injured. In Vietnam, the National Weather Center called it the strongest storm in 30 years
‘Yagi’ had previously swept over the Philippines. Tropical cyclones form over warm ocean waters. Increasing global warming increases the likelihood of severe storms.
Source: Krone
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