Super Typhoon Yagi, Asia's most powerful storm this year, made landfall in northern Vietnam on Saturday (September 7) afternoon, after tearing through China's island of Hainan where it reportedly killed two people and injured dozens, Reuters reports.
Citizens in Hanoi were seen sheltering under bridges, while other struggled to ride their motorbikes amidst the gusting wind and fallen trees. Some had their bikes fallen over and others needed help crossing the streets in gale force winds.
Typhoon Yagi hit the island districts of north Vietnam around 1300 local time (0600 GMT) on Saturday and generated winds of up to 160 kph (99 mph) near its centre, having lost power from its peak of 234 kph (145 mph) in Hainan a day earlier.
Vietnam's coastal city of Haiphong, an industrial hub with a population of 2 million that hosts factories from foreign multinationals to local carmaker VinFast, was among the hardest hit by winds with speeds of up to 90 kph.
