Asia’s strongest storm this year, Typhoon Yagi, caused damages estimated at 81.5 trillion dong (RM13.6bil) across northern Vietnam, or twice as much as previous estimates, state media said.

Asia's strongest storm this year, Typhoon Yagi, caused damages estimated at 81.5 trillion dong ($3.31 billion) across northern Vietnam, or twice as much as previous estimates, state media said on Saturday.

The typhoon, which killed 299 with 34 missing, devastated export-oriented industrial hubs, destroying factories and facilities, besides flooding farmland, damaging homes, and tearing up a bridge.

Asia's strongest storm this year, Typhoon Yagi, caused damages estimated at 81.5 trillion dong ($A4.79 billion) across northern Vietnam - twice as much as previous estimates, state media says. The typhoon,