HANOI: Typhoon Yagi, the strongest storm to hit Vietnam in three decades, swept through the country on Sept 7, leaving behind severe damage, widespread flooding, and deadly landslides.

High-ranking leaders from various countries continue to send letters and messages of condolence to the leaders of the Party, State and people of Vietnam, with regard to severe damage caused by Typhoon Yagi in the Southeast Asian country.

Vietnam is preparing for more flooding with a tropical depression forecast to strengthen into a storm as it heads to its central coast, days after typhoon Yagi set off floods and landslides that killed more than 290 people in the north.