Landslide kills family as typhoon Yagi rips through Vietnam

A 51-year-old man escapes but his wife, daughter and two grandchildren are buried in the landslide.

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State media said the tragedy struck in the mountainous Hoa Binh province of northern Vietnam at around midnight local time (Saturday 18:00 BST).

A 51-year-old man was able to escape but his wife, daughter and two grandchildren were buried when the hillside collapsed onto their house. Their bodies were recovered later, AFP news agency reported.

Yagi, Asia's most powerful typhoon this year, has killed at least 14 and injured 176 others, according to Vietnamese state media. It has now been downgraded to a tropical depression.

But authorities are warning about the continued risk of flooding and landslides as the storm moves westwards.

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