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Evening Standard
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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Vietnam typhoon death toll rises to at least 59 as bridge collapses and bus swept away

At least 59 people have been killed in Vietnam following a powerful typhoon that has swept away a bridge and a bus of people, and caused landslides.

Nine people died when Typhoon Yagi made landfall in Vietnam on Saturday before weakening to a tropical depression, and at least 50 others have died in the consequent floods and landslides, state media VN Express reported.

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