Yagi swept across northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar this month, triggering floods and landslides that have killed hundreds of people across the region.
The floods have heaped more misery on a country where millions were already displaced by more than three years of conflict unleashed by the military's 2021 coup.
As of Tuesday 419 people had been confirmed dead, the junta's information team said in a statement.
The previous death toll reported by the junta was 384 dead and 89 missing.
Tuesday's update did not mention how many were still missing.
Poor communication, particularly with remote areas, has also meant information about casualties has been slow to come out.
The United Nations has warned that as many as 887,000 people have been affected in Myanmar in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi.
Severe flooding hit the country in 2011 and 2015, with more than 100 deaths reported on both occasions, while in 2008 Cyclone Nargis left more than 138,000 people dead or missing.
Three killed, thousands evacuated in central Vietnam floods
Hanoi (AFP) Sept 24, 2024 -
Serious flooding in central Vietnam has killed three people and forced more than 10,000 residents to evacuate their homes, disaster officials said on Tuesday.
Earlier this month large swathes of the country's north were devastated by flooding in the wake of Typhoon Yagi, which left nearly 300 people dead and caused $1.6 billion worth of damage.
But as Yagi floodwaters began to recede in the north, central Vietnam was last week struck by another severe storm which brought heavy rain and sent river levels dangerously high.
Disaster management officials in Thanh Hoa province said Tuesday that over the past three days more than 11,700 people had left their homes -- many of them partially submerged -- for higher ground.
In neighbouring Nghe An province, three people were reported dead after being swept away in flashfloods.
Since Saturday, around 320 houses have been damaged while more than 6,300 hectares of crops were destroyed, the ministry of agriculture said, adding that at least 40 school buildings in the area were flooded or damaged.
In northern Thailand, flash floods triggered by heavy rain have killed two people in Lampang province and affected 1,500 households, the kingdom's Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said on Tuesday.
Authorities have also urged people living along the swollen River Wang to move to safety.
Northern Thailand, Myanmar and Laos were all badly hit by Typhoon Yagi, with 702 fatalities reported.
Myanmar was worst hit with 384 deaths, followed by Vietnam with 299.
Nearly 1,000 schools across Vietnam and Thailand have been damaged since early September, forcing children out of classes, according to Save the Children.
In Hanoi, some homes on the outskirts of the capital remain partly under water two and half weeks after Yagi hit, and farmers are still battling with the aftermath of flooded fields.
Rice farmers could be seen Tuesday harvesting their crop weeks earlier than usual, trying to save anything that had not yet been destroyed.
"We lost almost all our crops. We cut the rice today in a hope to save as much as we could," 60-year-old Dinh Thi Thu told AFP.
Vietnam is prone to tropical storms, which often bring in deadly flash floods and landslides, hitting the country between June and November every year.
But human-made climate change is causing more intense weather patterns that can make destructive floods more likely.
Search for German baby, grandmother after Italy flood
Rome (AFP) Sept 24, 2024 - Italian firefighters searched Tuesday for a German grandmother and baby missing after a flash flood swept through a Tuscan house reportedly rented by a family on holiday.
"Search underway since last night for a 5-month-old baby and grandmother missing due to flooding of Sterza creek in Montecatini Val di Cecina", near Pisa, firefighters said on X.
"Father, mother, grandfather rescued on a rooftop", they said, adding that they were "foreign tourists".
Montecatini Val di Cecina's mayor Francesco Auriemma told AFP the family was from Germany.
The holidaymakers were caught off guard by the sudden breaking of the river's banks during heavy rains which swept through the area late Monday, rescue workers said.
Firefighter divers were searching the area with the help of a helicopter, drones and sniffer dogs.
"The flood was very violent and the creek swelled abruptly... completely swamping the house occupied by the German family," fireman Nicola Cinnelli told ANSA news agency.
"The child slipped out of the arms of the grandma", who was then swept away as she tried to recover the baby, mayor Auriemma told the Corriere della Sera daily.
Heavy rains have severely flooded several areas in northern Italy this month.
Experts say man-made climate change is making extreme weather such as storms more frequent and intense.
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