HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese authorities say Typhoon Yagi has killed at least four people and injured 78 others after making landfall Saturday afternoon in the north of the country.
Yagi, described by Vietnamese meteorological officials as “one of the most powerful typhoons in the region over the past decade,” made its way to the Southeast Asian country after it left three people dead and nearly a hundred others injured in the Chinese province of Hainan.
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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, workers remove fallen tree branches along a street in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (Yang Guanyu/Xinhua via AP)
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, workers remove fallen tree branches along a street in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (Yang Guanyu/Xinhua via AP)
A man rides motorcycle in the rain caused by typhoon Yagi in Hanoi, Vietnam Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
A man rides a motorcycle in the rain caused by typhoon Yagi in Hanoi, Vietnam Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
A man rides a motorcycle in the rain caused by typhoon Yagi in Hanoi, Vietnam Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
A man pushes a motorcycle in the rain caused by typhoon Yagi in Hanoi, Vietnam Saturday, Sep. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
A man rides motorcycle in the rain caused by typhoon Yagi in Hanoi, Vietnam on Sep. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
In this image released by Xinhua News Agency, a worker reinforces a glass window with tape at a cafe after the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters raised its emergency response for flood and typhoon prevention for Typhoon Yagi, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province. (Pu Xiaoxu/Xinhua via AP)
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a man holding an umbrella struggles against the wind following the landfall of typhoon Yagi in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. (Pu Xiaoxu/Xinhua via AP)
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a vehicle moves past trees along a road in Haikou following the landfall of typhoon Yagi, in south China's Hainan Province, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. (Guo Cheng/Xinhua via AP)
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, coconut trees hit by typhoon Yagi along a road in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. (Yang Guanyu/Xinhua via AP)
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, an advertisement billboard lands on a road following the landfall of typhoon Yagi in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. (Yang Guanyu/Xinhua via AP)
The typhoon landed at Vietnam's coastal provinces of Quang Ninh and Haiphong with wind speeds of up to 149 kilometers per hour (92 miles per hour), state media reported. Before landing, strong winds felled a tree, killing a woman in the capital, Hanoi, local media said Saturday.
Quang Ninh is home to the UNESCO World Heritage site Ha Long Bay, known for its many towering limestone islands. Hundreds of cruises were canceled at the popular site before the typhoon landed, according to local media. Haiphong is an industrial hub, home to large factories, including EV maker VinFast and Apple supplier Pegatron.
The typhoon has also triggered power outages in large parts of Quang Ninh and Thai Binh provinces.
Earlier, the government issued several alerts, and those vulnerable to floods or landslides were evacuated. Four airports were shuttered, including in Hanoi, and Haiphong.
Authorities pruned trees in Hanoi to make them less susceptible to falling, but wind and rain knocked over several along with billboards in northern cities. Local media reported that many moored boats were swept out to sea.
“I am going to stay inside and try and stay safe with my family,” said Bao Ngoc Cao, 24, a businesswoman from Hanoi. She added that the last time a typhoon this strong hit Vietnam was in 2013 and that storms usually weaken before reaching the capital. “But we still need to be prepared.”
On Friday afternoon, Yagi struck the Chinese city of Wenchang in Hainan province with wind speeds of up to about 245 kph (152 mph) near its center. Authorities said the typhoon left three people dead and nearly a hundred others injured in the province. It has affected over 1.2 million people as of noon Saturday, according to the local Global Times newspaper.
Some 420,000 Hainan residents were relocated before the typhoon's landfall. Another half a million people in Guangdong province were evacuated before Yagi made a second landfall in the province's Xuwen County on Friday night.
Meanwhile, the meteorological observatory of the city of Haikou downgraded its typhoon signal from red to orange on Saturday, as it moved further away.
Before leaving Hong Kong, Yagi forced more than 270 people to seek refuge at temporary government shelters on Friday, and over 100 flights in the city were canceled due to the typhoon. Heavy rain and strong winds felled dozens of trees, and trading on the stock market, bank services and schools were halted.
Yagi was still a storm when it blew out of the northwestern Philippines into the South China Sea on Wednesday, leaving at least 20 people dead and 26 others missing mostly in landslides and widespread flooding and affecting more than 2.3 million people in northern and central provinces.
More than 82,200 people were displaced from their homes in Philippine provinces, and classes, work, inter-island ferry services and domestic flights were disrupted for days, including in the densely populated capital region, metropolitan Manila.
Benjamin Horton, director of the Earth Observatory of Singapore said that storms like typhoon Yagi were “getting stronger due to climate change, primarily because warmer ocean waters provide more energy to fuel the storms, leading to increased wind speeds and heavier rainfall.”
Climate change was also causing storms to potentially move to different locations with studies by the observatory showing that the latitude where storms peaked in their intensity was shifting, exposing newer areas to the impacts of storms, he added.
Horton said that protecting natural systems ranging from reefs to rivers while building structures that were more resilient to strong winds and flying debris and improving existing infrastructure were all measures that could help countries better deal with strong typhoons.
Soo reported from Hong Kong. Associated Press writer Jim Gomez in Manila, Philippines, contributed to this report.
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, workers remove fallen tree branches along a street in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (Yang Guanyu/Xinhua via AP)
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, workers remove fallen tree branches along a street in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (Yang Guanyu/Xinhua via AP)
A man rides motorcycle in the rain caused by typhoon Yagi in Hanoi, Vietnam Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
A man rides a motorcycle in the rain caused by typhoon Yagi in Hanoi, Vietnam Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
A man rides a motorcycle in the rain caused by typhoon Yagi in Hanoi, Vietnam Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
A man pushes a motorcycle in the rain caused by typhoon Yagi in Hanoi, Vietnam Saturday, Sep. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
A man rides motorcycle in the rain caused by typhoon Yagi in Hanoi, Vietnam on Sep. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
In this image released by Xinhua News Agency, a worker reinforces a glass window with tape at a cafe after the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters raised its emergency response for flood and typhoon prevention for Typhoon Yagi, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province. (Pu Xiaoxu/Xinhua via AP)
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a man holding an umbrella struggles against the wind following the landfall of typhoon Yagi in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. (Pu Xiaoxu/Xinhua via AP)
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a vehicle moves past trees along a road in Haikou following the landfall of typhoon Yagi, in south China's Hainan Province, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. (Guo Cheng/Xinhua via AP)
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, coconut trees hit by typhoon Yagi along a road in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. (Yang Guanyu/Xinhua via AP)
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, an advertisement billboard lands on a road following the landfall of typhoon Yagi in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. (Yang Guanyu/Xinhua via AP)
BOSTON (AP) — Charlie Coyle scored a pair of third-period goals, stealing the spotlight from fellow Boston University product Macklin Celebrini in his first game back at the TD Garden as an NHLer and leading the Bruins to a 6-3 victory over San Jose on Monday.
It was Boston's 14th straight victory over the Sharks.
Coyle converted a backhanded pass from Matt Poitras to make it 3-3 with about 12 minutes left in the game for his first goal since Dec. 27. He made it 4-3 four minutes later on a shot that bounced off goalie Yaroslav Askarov’s pads and into the net.
It was the second own goal for San Jose on the day: David Pastrnak’s second-period score ricocheted off Sharks defenseman Jake Walman, who was standing at the top of the crease when the Bruins forward banked the puck into the net off his skates.
Vinni Lettieri scored Boston’s first goal, and Brad Marchand and Elias Lindholm added empty netters. Jonas Korpisalo stopped 25 shots for Boston.
Lexington, Massachusetts, native and Boston College product Will Smith had a goal and an assist for the Sharks, who have not beaten the Bruins since 2016. Askarov made 27 saves as San Jose lost for the sixth time in seven games.
Sharks: It was a Beanpot kind of day at the TD Garden, with Smith — a former BC Eagle who was taken fourth overall in the 2023 draft — picking up two points while Celebrini got shut out.
Bruins: Showed improved defense even as top blue liner Charlie McAvoy missed his third straight game.
Smith got a cheer from a sizable crowd of supporters when he tied the game at 2-2 midway through the second period.
The Bruins had been outshot in six straight games before having a 33-28 edge over the Sharks on Monday.
The Sharks finish off a back-to-back in Nashville on Tuesday night and the Bruins are at New Jersey on Wednesday night before coming back home to play Ottawa on Thursday.
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Boston Bruins center Charlie Coyle (13) celebrates after scoring in the third period of an NHL hockey game against the San Jose Sharks, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
San Jose Sharks right wing Carl Grundstrom (91) and Boston Bruins center Morgan Geekie (39) hit the ice after colliding in the second period of an NHL hockey game, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
San Jose Sharks left wing William Eklund (72) and Boston Bruins defenseman Parker Wotherspoon (29) slam into the boards in the first period of an NHL hockey game, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
San Jose Sharks defenseman Cody Ceci (4) and Boston Bruins center Charlie Coyle (13) pursue the puck in the first period of an NHL hockey game, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
San Jose Sharks goaltender Yaroslav Askarov (30) deflects the puck in front of Boston Bruins center Matthew Poitras (51) in the first period of an NHL hockey game, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Boston Bruins right wing Oliver Wahlstrom (71) and San Jose Sharks right wing Carl Grundstrom (91) slam into the boards in the second period of an NHL hockey game, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Boston Bruins center Charlie Coyle (13) celebrates with defenseman Nikita Zadorov (91) after scoring in the third period of an NHL hockey game against the San Jose Sharks, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)