Vietnam Estimates Damages Of $3.31 Billion From Typhoon Yagi

Asia’s strongest storm this year, Typhoon Yagi, caused damages estimated at 81.5 trillion dong ($3.31 billion) across northern Vietnam, or twice as much as previous estimates. This is according to information released by state media on Saturday, 28th of September, 2024.

The typhoon, which killed 299 with 34 missing, devastated export-oriented industrial hubs, destroying factories and facilities, besides flooding farmland, damaging homes, and tearing up a bridge, reports Reuters.

“The total economic damage is initially estimated at over 81.5 trillion dong, with most damage triggered by landslides and flash floods,” state-run Vietnam News Agency quoted Agriculture Minister Le Minh Hoan as saying.

The figure exceeds a preliminary estimate of $1.6 billion made this month by the planning ministry that threatened to chip 0.15 percentage point from a forecast for economic growth of 6.8% to 7% this year.