Tropical Storm Yagi lashed the north of the country overnight into Monday. The heavy rains flooded many areas and set off landslides. Newswire reports say nine to 11 people have been killed.

The Observatory said severe tropical storm Yagi had already intensified into a typhoon. Yagi was estimated to be about 520km southeast of Hong Kong at 9am and was forecast to move west or west ...

The powerful Category 5 storm brought extreme ... large cities in the path of the tropical cyclone, like Hanoi, Shenzhen and Manila, were heavily affected by Typhoon Yagi’s thick cloud cover ...