04:17Typhoon Yagi, Asia's strongest storm of the year, ravaged northern Vietnam over the weekend, leaving 59 dead and hundreds injured, according to local authorities.
Footage captured in Ha Long shows rows of toppled buildings and shattered windows as civilians dug through the rubble from landslides and flooding. Locals are also seen gathering around an electric charging station to power their devices amid reports of blackouts across the region.
Yagi, dubbed the 'super typhoon' - left widespread destruction in its wake, destroying buildings and uprooting trees with winds of up to 203 km/h (126 mph) as it made landfall in the Quang Ninh Province on Saturday.
"The wind whistled strongly, the door banged and kicked, the wall shook. After that, the wind lifted the roof and suddenly slammed it down," one local said. "At that moment, I was scared and trembling. Luckily, at that time, I was standing in the corner over there and saw the roof collapse."
"So terrible, truly unprecedented," a second resident added. "I'm almost 70 years old, and I have never seen anything like this before. So scared."
Power outages caused severe disruptions to factories across northern Vietnam, a key manufacturing hub for global technology companies such as Samsung, Apple, and Google.
South Korea's LG Electronics reported no casualties among its employees after the collapse and flooding of a factory in Haiphong.
The typhoon cut power to more than 5.7 million customers over the weekend, according to state-run energy provider EVN, bringing communication networks and economic activity to a halt across the country. Electricity was quickly restored on Monday to nearly 75 percent of those affected.
Before touching reaching Vietnam, the super typhoon left a trail of destruction in China and the Philippines, killing 24 people and inflicting tremendous damage. Yagi was reduced to a tropical depression on Sunday, but Vietnam's weather agency warned of further floods and landslides as the storm moves westward.
'Never seen anything like this' - Dozens dead as Typhoon Yagi leaves trail of destruction in Vietnam
Typhoon Yagi, Asia's strongest storm of the year, ravaged northern Vietnam over the weekend, leaving 59 dead and hundreds injured, according to local authorities.
Footage captured in Ha Long shows rows of toppled buildings and shattered windows as civilians dug through the rubble from landslides and flooding. Locals are also seen gathering around an electric charging station to power their devices amid reports of blackouts across the region.
Yagi, dubbed the 'super typhoon' - left widespread destruction in its wake, destroying buildings and uprooting trees with winds of up to 203 km/h (126 mph) as it made landfall in the Quang Ninh Province on Saturday.
"The wind whistled strongly, the door banged and kicked, the wall shook. After that, the wind lifted the roof and suddenly slammed it down," one local said. "At that moment, I was scared and trembling. Luckily, at that time, I was standing in the corner over there and saw the roof collapse."
"So terrible, truly unprecedented," a second resident added. "I'm almost 70 years old, and I have never seen anything like this before. So scared."
Power outages caused severe disruptions to factories across northern Vietnam, a key manufacturing hub for global technology companies such as Samsung, Apple, and Google.
South Korea's LG Electronics reported no casualties among its employees after the collapse and flooding of a factory in Haiphong.
The typhoon cut power to more than 5.7 million customers over the weekend, according to state-run energy provider EVN, bringing communication networks and economic activity to a halt across the country. Electricity was quickly restored on Monday to nearly 75 percent of those affected.
Before touching reaching Vietnam, the super typhoon left a trail of destruction in China and the Philippines, killing 24 people and inflicting tremendous damage. Yagi was reduced to a tropical depression on Sunday, but Vietnam's weather agency warned of further floods and landslides as the storm moves westward.
Typhoon Yagi, Asia's strongest storm of the year, ravaged northern Vietnam over the weekend, leaving 59 dead and hundreds injured, according to local authorities.
Footage captured in Ha Long shows rows of toppled buildings and shattered windows as civilians dug through the rubble from landslides and flooding. Locals are also seen gathering around an electric charging station to power their devices amid reports of blackouts across the region.
Yagi, dubbed the 'super typhoon' - left widespread destruction in its wake, destroying buildings and uprooting trees with winds of up to 203 km/h (126 mph) as it made landfall in the Quang Ninh Province on Saturday.
"The wind whistled strongly, the door banged and kicked, the wall shook. After that, the wind lifted the roof and suddenly slammed it down," one local said. "At that moment, I was scared and trembling. Luckily, at that time, I was standing in the corner over there and saw the roof collapse."
"So terrible, truly unprecedented," a second resident added. "I'm almost 70 years old, and I have never seen anything like this before. So scared."
Power outages caused severe disruptions to factories across northern Vietnam, a key manufacturing hub for global technology companies such as Samsung, Apple, and Google.
South Korea's LG Electronics reported no casualties among its employees after the collapse and flooding of a factory in Haiphong.
The typhoon cut power to more than 5.7 million customers over the weekend, according to state-run energy provider EVN, bringing communication networks and economic activity to a halt across the country. Electricity was quickly restored on Monday to nearly 75 percent of those affected.
Before touching reaching Vietnam, the super typhoon left a trail of destruction in China and the Philippines, killing 24 people and inflicting tremendous damage. Yagi was reduced to a tropical depression on Sunday, but Vietnam's weather agency warned of further floods and landslides as the storm moves westward.