Typhoon Yagi Death Toll in Northern Vietnam Stands at 233

At least 233 people have been killed by Typhoon Yagi, which has devastated northern Vietnam and damaged dozens of factories, potentially affecting global supply chains. The Hanoi-based VNExpress newspaper said that as of Sept. 12, 233 people have died and 103 are still missing, while more than 800 have been injured. Yagi, which has left more than 3 million people without electricity, has been described by Vietnamese officials as one of the most powerful storms to hit the region in the past decade. The storm made landfall in Vietnam’s northern coastal provinces of Quang Ninh and Haiphong on Sept. 7 and ripped up the north of the country for 15 hours before gradually weakening on the morning of Sept. 8....