A typhoon that ripped roofs off homes has killed dozens of people across Vietnam and the Philippines, officials from both countries said on Monday, as a weakened storm Bualoi crossed into neighbouring Laos.
The typhoon battered small islands in the centre of the Philippines last week, toppling trees and power pylons, unleashing floods and forcing 400,000 people to evacuate.
A Philippine civil defence official said later on Monday the death toll there had more than doubled to 27, with most of the victims either drowned or hit by debris.
Scientists warn that storms are becoming more powerful as the world warms due to the effects of human-driven climate change.
In Vietnam, Bualoi made landfall as a typhoon late on Sunday, generating winds of 130 kilometres (80 miles) per hour.
At least 13 people were killed in Vietnam, while a search is ongoing for 20 others, disaster authorities said in an online update.
More than 44,200 houses were damaged, including those with roofs torn off, mostly in the central Ha Tinh province.
At least 800 houses were flooded, and nearly 6,000 hectares of crops were inundated, according to the update.
Images published by AFP showed corrugated metal roofs blown off buildings and household debris strewn across saturated streets in Vietnam’s coastal Nghe An province.
AFP
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