The death toll in Vietnam from Typhoon Bualoi and the floods it triggered has risen to 36, the government’s disaster management agency stated on Thursday.

Bualoi made landfall on Monday in northern central Vietnam , bringing huge sea swells, strong winds and heavy rains that also left 21 people missing and injured 147 others, according to the report.

Property Damage Estimated At $435.80M

The agency also raised its estimate of property damage caused by the typhoon and its flooding to 11.5 trillion dong ($435.80 million), up from $303 million in a previous report released on Wednesday.

The typhoon severely damaged roads, schools and offices, and caused power grid failures that left tens of thousands of families without electricity, the report said.

More than 210,000 houses were dama

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