LOIKAW, Myanmar — War-weary villagers in Myanmar salvaged crops from flooded fields on Tuesday as the country's death toll in the wake of Typhoon Yagi doubled to 226, and the United Nations warned as many as 630,000 people could need assistance.

Yagi swept across northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar more than a week ago with powerful winds and an enormous amount of rain, triggering floods and landslides that have killed more than 500 people, official figures show.

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