Vietnam hit by floods, 155 dead

Vietnamese state broadcaster VTV said the torrent of water gushing down from a mountain in Lao Cai province Tuesday buried Lang Nu hamlet with 35 families

The death toll from Typhoon Yagi and its aftermath has climbed to 155. Another 141 people are missing and hundreds were injured, VTV said

Floods and landslides have caused most of the deaths, many of which have come in the northwestern Lao Cai province, bordering China, where Lang Nu is located

Many roads in the province were blocked by landslides and unrelenting rainfall

On Monday, a bridge collapsed and a bus was swept away by flooding, killing dozens of people