KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 19 – Typhoon Yagi has unleashed devastating floods and landslides across Southeast Asia, leaving nearly six million children vulnerable and cutting off access to vital resources such as clean water, education, healthcare, food, and shelter, UNICEF said on Wednesday.
The most powerful storm to hit Asia this year, Typhoon Yagi is plunging already marginalised communities deeper into crisis.
In a statement, the UN agency said floods and landslides triggered by Typhoon Yagi have ravaged Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand, affecting nearly 6 million children and compromising their access to clean water, education, healthcare, food, and shelter—pushing already marginalised communities deeper into crisis.
UNICEF Regional Director for East Asia and Pacific, June Kunugi said the most vulnerable children and families are facing the most devastating consequences of the destruction left behind by Typhoon Yagi.
“The immediate priority must be to restore the essential services that children and families so critically depend on, including clean water, education, and healthcare.
“The surge in extreme weather events in Southeast Asia, exacerbated by climate change, is a sad reminder that when disasters hit, vulnerable children often pay the highest price,” she said in a statement.
