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At least three trucks, two cars and numerous motorbikes plunged into the Red River in northern Vietnam in the wake of typhoon Yagi, authorities said on Monday, as the death toll from the storm rose to 59. More than 3,000 houses have been damaged, 120,000 hectares of rice paddy fields inundated and more than 1,000 fisheries destroyed. Phong Chau bridge, located in Phu Tho province nearly an hour north-west of Hanoi, collapsed at approximately 10 am (0300 GMT) on Monday morning, Phu Tho Province’s Transport Department said. Half of the bridge collapsed and the vehicles were swept away in the tor…

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