"It's a disaster. It's the fate that we had to accept," Tran Thi Ngan said as she mourned the death of her relatives, a family of three with a young child, next to their makeshift altar.
Around 500 personnel and sniffer dogs have been mobilised for the search, while relatives of the victims wait for news of their loved ones, next to a stack of coffins prepared for the deceased.
The death toll from Typhoon Yagi's aftermath in Vietnam climbed to 233 on Friday as rescue workers recovered more bodies from areas hit by landslides and flash floods.
Badly damaged roads to the villages due to landslides also hinder the rescue efforts, as heavy equipment cannot be brought to the scene.
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