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UN’s children’s agency says there’s an urgent need for access to clean water, sanitation as Red Cross mobilises relief.

Massive floods and landslides triggered by Typhoon Yagi have left nearly six million children across Southeast Asia struggling to access clean water, food, and shelter, according to the United Nations children’s agency.

The most powerful storm to hit the region this year, Yagi struck the Philippines in early September before wreaking havoc across Vietnam, Thailand, Laos and Myanmar.

More than 500 people have been killed – nearly 300 in Vietnam, dozens in Thailand and at least 236 in Myanmar. Millions of people there have already been displaced by war.

“The most vulnerable children and families are facing the most devastating consequences of the destruction left behind by Typhoon Yagi,” June Kunugi, UNICEF regional director for East Asia and Pacific, said in a statement on Wednesday. “The immediate priority must be to restore the essential services that children and families so critically depend on, including clean water, education, and healthcare. The surge in extreme weather events in Southeast Asia, exacerbated by climate change, is a sad reminder that when disasters hit, vulnerable children often pay the highest price.”

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