200 Dead as Typhoon Yagi Delivers Floods to Southeast Asia

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Hanoi: Millions across Southeast Asia faced severe flooding, power outages, and damaged infrastructure on Thursday after Typhoon Yagi swept through the region, pushing the death toll past 200.

In the hardest-hit Vietnam, fatalities have reached 197. Northern Thailand reported nine deaths, with one district experiencing its worst floods in 80 years.

Myanmar’s national fire service confirmed 17 deaths related to Yagi, with more than 50,000 people displaced from their homes in the Mandalay region.

The typhoon brought a massive deluge of rain, inundating northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar. This resulted in deadly landslides and widespread river flooding.

A farmer on the outskirts of Hanoi reported that his entire 1,800-square-meter peach blossom plantation was submerged, destroying all 400 of his trees. “It will be very difficult to recover from this loss—I estimate a $40,000 loss this season,” said the farmer, who identified himself only as Tu.

“I don’t know what to do now; I’m just waiting for the water to recede.”

The United Nations Children’s Agency (UNICEF) reported that the typhoon has damaged more than 140,000 homes across 26 provinces in Vietnam.

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Meanwhile, a new study has warned that even if countries fully meet their Paris Agreement pledges, the planet is still on track to warm by 2.6°C (4.7°F) by the year 2100 — a rise that could bring 57 additional extremely hot days every year.

The report, titled “Ten Years of the Paris Agreement: The Present and Future of Extreme Heat,” was jointly released by Climate Central and World Weather Attribution. It examines global extreme heat trends since the 2015 Paris Agreement and projects how current emission commitments will affect future heat extremes.

According to the analysis, if all emission reduction pledges are implemented as promised, global temperatures would be limited to around 2.6°C above pre-industrial levels by the end of the century. However, even under this scenario, the world would face 57 more extremely hot days annually, compared to the current global average of 11 additional hot days under 1.3°C (2.3°F) of warming.