Typhoon Yagi barrels toward Myanmar as Vietnam death toll rises to 254

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The death toll from Typhoon Yagi has been reported as follows: 113 people have died in Myanmar, with 64 still missing and 14 injured.

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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
1. Central Myanmar is currently the hardest hit, with numerous rivers and creeks flowing down from Shan hills.
Zaw Min Tun
Myanmar Armed Forces
1. The government is conducting a rescue and rehabilitation mission.
2. There are 236,649 people from 59,413 households who were displaced because of typhoon floods … There were 33 deaths and one person injured around the country.
US Embassy
1. USAID humanitarian experts on the ground are participating in ongoing assessments to ensure US assistance rapidly reaches populations in need.
2. With more heavy rain forecast in the coming days, USAID's disaster experts continue to monitor humanitarian needs in close coordination with local emergency authorities and partners on the ground.
Pham Minh Chinh
Vietnamese Communist Party
1. The actual number of schools and students affected across the worst-affected provinces is expected to be much higher.
Mirjana Spoljaric Egger
International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent
1. They live with the fear of armed conflict and violence. The disruption of livelihoods is leaving countless people without the means to sustain themselves.
Nguyen Van Hung
1. The water started to recede yesterday afternoon so we began cleaning up bit by bit. But it will take days for our family to fully recover, and even weeks for the community here I think.
2. This was the highest flooding I've ever seen, it was more than a metre on our first floor.

Tropical Storm Yagi