The death toll from a devastating typhoon and its aftermath in Vietnam has risen to 233. State media reported the increased numbers Friday as rescue workers recovered more bodies from areas hit by landslides and flash floods.

Yagi was the strongest typhoon to hit Vietnam in decades when it made landfall Saturday. It weakened, but officials have warned of more possible floods and landslides.

Vietnam is preparing for more flooding with a tropical depression forecast to strengthen into a storm as it heads to its central coast, days after typhoon Yagi set off floods and landslides that killed more than 290 people in the north.

The number of people across Vietnam killed by landslides and flash floods from supertyphoon Yagi hit 143 Wednesday and was expected to keep rising amid ongoing impacts from the weather system days after being downgraded.

Typhoon Yagi, which hit Vietnam earlier this month, exposed the country's lack of preparedness for extreme weather and raised concerns more storms could hit the country this rainy season, experts told VOA.