Typhoon Yagi: 384 dead in Myanmar, search on for 89 missing people

Typhoon Yagi caused landslides and floods in Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar. The UN said that around 887,000 people have been affected in Myanmar due to Typhoon Yagi.

In Short

• Typhoon Yagi caused flooding, landslides in Vietnam, Myanmar and Thailand
• UN said 887,000 affected in Myanmar due to Typhoon Yagi
• Millions already displaced in Mynamar due to military coup in 2021

The death toll in Myanmar in the wake of Typhoon Yagi has climbed to 384, with 89 people missing, the junta said on Saturday.

Yagi swept across northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar more than a week ago, triggering floods and landslides that have killed hundreds of people across the region.

In Myanmar, 384 people were dead and 89 were missing as of Saturday, the junta's information team said.

The floods have heaped more misery on a country where millions were already displaced by more than three years of conflict unleashed by the military's 2021 coup.

Last weekend, the junta issued a rare appeal for foreign aid to help cope with the disaster.

The United Nations has warned that as many as 887,000 people have been affected in Myanmar in the wake of Typhoon Yagi.

"The most severely affected areas remain in devastation, with widespread destruction to homes, household assets, water sources, and electricity infrastructure," the UN's humanitarian agency (OCHA) said on Saturday.

"Roads, bridges, communication networks, schools, public service facilities, religious sites, and crops and farmlands have been severely damaged or completely collapsed," it added.