Death toll in Vietnam close to 200 after typhoon

People wade in a flooded street in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi (Hau Dinh/AP)

Nearly 200 people have died in Vietnam in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi – and more than 125 are missing as flash floods and landslides take their toll, state media has reported.

Vietnam’s VNExpress newspaper reported that 197 people have died and 128 are still missing, while more than 800 have been injured.