A massive disaster response has been launched in Viet Nam following widespread damage inflicted by Typhoon Yagi, the most powerful storm to hit the South China Sea in almost three decades, the UN Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported.

The storm made landfall on Saturday in the country's north with wind speeds reaching 213 kilometres (133 miles) per hour, causing severe flooding and landslides, and forcing the evacuation of over 50,000 people.

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