(Hanoi, 19th – Comprehensive News) Vietnam’s northwestern Lai Chau Province has been hit by days of heavy rainfall, leading to severe mountain floods and landslides.
According to Vietnam News, as of Saturday morning (July 18), the floods have resulted in four deaths, seven injuries, and another four people missing.
Some disaster victims reported that when the floods struck on Friday morning, some houses were swept away and roads were completely blocked. They had never witnessed such ferocious flooding before; mudslides uprooted trees, swept away houses and belongings, and water depths in many areas exceeded one meter.
In Mang Than Commune, 13 families had their houses destroyed, several other homes were damaged, and 100 households are at risk of landslides. Local transportation infrastructure suffered severe damage, with about 800 meters of highway submerged by floodwaters, mud, and debris, causing total traffic interruptions; 20 electricity poles collapsed or broke, resulting in power outages in several villages. In addition, 200 hectares of rice fields were buried by silt. Mang Than Commune as well as the landslide site in Le Loi Commune, which caused the aforementioned highway interruptions, have both declared a state of emergency.
Authorities have made initial estimates that the flood disaster has caused more than 120 billion Vietnamese Dong (approximately 18.71 million ringgit) in economic losses.
Lai Chau Province has mobilized all available local and neighboring resources to assist in rescue and disaster relief, urgently evacuating residents in dangerous areas to safe locations.
The Lai Chau police are assisting residents to evacuate severely flooded areas and move their property to safety, while also managing traffic and placing warning signs in deep water and landslide risk zones.
Dangerous areas have been cordoned off and checkpoints set up to prevent the passage of people and vehicles. Construction units have deployed about 20 pieces of heavy machinery to clear roads and areas blocked by the flood to restore traffic flow and facilitate rescue operations.
Some disaster victims reported that when the floods struck on Friday morning, some houses were swept away and roads were completely blocked. They had never witnessed such ferocious flooding before; mudslides uprooted trees, swept away houses and belongings, and water depths in many areas exceeded one meter.
In Mang Than Commune, 13 families had their houses destroyed, several other homes were damaged, and 100 households are at risk of landslides. Local transportation infrastructure suffered severe damage, with about 800 meters of highway submerged by floodwaters, mud, and debris, causing total traffic interruptions; 20 electricity poles collapsed or broke, resulting in power outages in several villages. In addition, 200 hectares of rice fields were buried by silt. Mang Than Commune as well as the landslide site in Le Loi Commune, which caused the aforementioned highway interruptions, have both declared a state of emergency.
Authorities have made initial estimates that the flood disaster has caused more than 120 billion Vietnamese Dong (approximately 18.71 million ringgit) in economic losses.
Lai Chau Province has mobilized all available local and neighboring resources to assist in rescue and disaster relief, urgently evacuating residents in dangerous areas to safe locations.
The Lai Chau police are assisting residents to evacuate severely flooded areas and move their property to safety, while also managing traffic and placing warning signs in deep water and landslide risk zones.
Dangerous areas have been cordoned off and checkpoints set up to prevent the passage of people and vehicles. Construction units have deployed about 20 pieces of heavy machinery to clear roads and areas blocked by the flood to restore traffic flow and facilitate rescue operations.