HANOI: The death toll in Vietnam from Typhoon Bualoi and the floods it triggered has risen to 36, according to a Thursday report from the government’s disaster management agency. Bualoi made landfall on Monday in northern central Vietnam, bringing huge sea swells, strong winds and heavy rains that also left 21 people missing and injured 147 others, according to the report. The agency also raised its estimate of property damage caused by the typhoon and its flooding to 11.5 trillion dong ($435.80 million), up from $303 million in a previous report released on Wednesday.

La tempesta ha divelto i tetti degli edifici e sradicato pali della luce e alberi (ANSA)

In advance of the typhoon's landfall, the government had evacuated more than 28,500 people.