Death toll from storms in Vietnam rises to 197

The number of people killed after Typhoon Yagi swept through northern Vietnam bringing flash floods and landslides has risen to 197, the government.

About 128 people are still missing and more than 250,000 hectares of crops have also been destroyed, disaster officials under the ministry of agriculture said in an official report.

Yagi is the most powerful typhoon to hit northern Vietnam in 30 years, according to meteorologists.