新闻来源：www.cnn.com
原文地址：Typhoon Yagi kills dozens in Vietnam, China, Philippines
新闻日期：2024-09-08
台风亚吉在周六下午登陆越南后，又席卷了中国海南省和菲律宾等地，造成至少数十人死亡。
这是今年亚洲最强的一场台风，周日被降级为热带低气压系统。越南政府气象局于周日宣布了这一消息，并警告说，随着台风向西移动，该国仍面临持续的洪水和山体滑坡风险。
周六下午，亚吉台风已经影响了越南首都河内的内城区及其他地区，导致数千棵树被吹倒、电力供应中断和通信服务受到影响。根据政府报告，河内死亡人数已达三人，但这些数字仍在初步统计中。
菲律宾以及中国海南省等地也报告了伤亡情况，其中在中国海南省有4人遇难，并且当地还有一名53岁的摩托车手在北部海防省被倒塌的树木砸死。此外，菲律宾当局称，在该国失踪的人数已增至22人。
越南政府气象局警告说，台风亚吉仍可能引发小河流和溪流附近的 flash 洪灾以及山区多地的山体滑坡。
原文摘要：
Typhoon Yagi, Asia’s most powerful storm this year, was downgraded to a tropical depression on Sunday, after wreaking havoc in northern Vietnam, China’s Hainan and the Philippines, claiming dozens of lives, according to preliminary reports. Vietnam’s meteorological agency issued the downgrade on Sunday but cautioned about the ongoing risk of flooding and landslides as the storm, the strongest to hit the country in decades, moves westwards. On Saturday, Yagi disrupted power supplies and telecommunications in Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi, causing extensive flooding, felling thousands of trees and damaging homes. The government said the storm has led to at least three deaths in Hanoi, a city of 8.5 million, with these figures being preliminary. Fourteen people have died in Vietnam so far, according to reports, including four from a landslide in the province of Hoa Binh, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) south of Hanoi. A 53-year-old motorcyclist was killed after a tree fell on him in the northern Hai Duong province, state media reported. At least one body was recovered from the sea near the coastal city of Halong, where a dozen people were missing at sea, with rescue operations expected to start on Sunday when conditions allow. Yagi has claimed the lives of four people on the southern Chinese island of Hainan, according to the latest update from local authorities. The civil defense office in the Philippines, the first country Yagi hit after forming last week, raised the death toll there on Sunday to 20 from 16 and said 22 people remained missing. Risk of flash floods After it made landfall in Vietnam on Saturday afternoon, Yagi triggered waves as high as 4 meters (13 feet) in coastal provinces, leading to extended power and telecommunication outages that have complicated damage assessment, the government said. The meteorological agency warned of continued “risk of flash floods near small rivers and streams, and landslides on steep slopes in many places in the northern mountainous areas” and the coastal province of Thanh Hoa. Relative calm returned on Sunday morning to Hanoi, where authorities rushed to clean up streets from toppled trees scattered across the city center and other neighborhoods. “The storm has devastated the city. Trees fell down on top of people’s houses, cars and people on the street,” said 57-year-old Hanoi resident Hoang Ngoc Nhien. Hanoi’s Noi Bai international airport, the busiest in northern Vietnam, reopened on Sunday after closing on Saturday morning. In Hainan, preliminary estimates suggested significant economic losses and widespread power outages, according to emergency response authorities cited by state-run Hainan Daily.
