A report from Luc Yen District People's Committee said that the tragic accident happened at 2 am on September 10 in At Village when five houses were buried by a large amount of rocks and soil that fell from a nearby hill.
A rescue team of nearly 300 members were sent to the area and found five bodies inside the debris and two injured people who were sent to hospital. The team is still searching for four others who have been reported missing at the site.
"The area has seen heavy downpours following Typhoon Yagi over the past three days," the committee said. "More landslides may occur at the site, which makes rescue work difficult."
Yen Bai is among the hardest hit localities by landslides and flooding.
Statistics from the Yen Bai Provincial Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control and Search and Rescue said that up to 10,400 houses in Yen Bai City have been deeply submerged, and thousands of households have been evacuated.
As of Tuesday morning, 22 people died, 10 others were injured, and six others remained missing in landslides and flooding in the province.
An update report from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development showed that as of 6 am on September 10, up to 103 people had been killed, and Typhoon Yagi and floods and landslides in the northern localities had injured 752 others.
