Central Highlands: Heavy rain, 20 people died, missing

Due to the circulation of typhoon No. 2 combined with southwest monsoon, in the past 2 days, the Central Highlands provinces have a very heavy rain; The water level in the Srepok and Dong Nai rivers is fast. Rain and flood made 4 people dead; 16 missing, 1 injured.

At the meeting of the Steering Committee of the Flood and Storm Control Committee this morning (August 6), Mr. Bui Nguyen Hong, Deputy Chief of the Office of the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control informed, flash floods and landslides on rivers and streams in the Central Highlands did. 02 people died in Dak Lak (Madrak 1, Cumgar 1 person); 14 people are missing (Buon Me Thuot 1 person, Krong Bach 2 people, Krong Na 1 person, CuMgar 1 person, Krong Bong 1 person, Krong Nang 6 people, Krong But 2 people) and 1 person injured.

Due to the circulation of typhoon No. 2 combined with southwest monsoon, the area of ​​the Central Highlands in the past 2 days has been very heavy, causing the water level on the Srepok and Dong Nai rivers to rise quickly.

KTTV Center Forecast Center said, today, the water level of Srepok and Ba rivers is likely to peak;The rivers from Quang Binh to Thua Thien Hue and Quang Ngai are likely to arrive at PCI, where there are places on the PCU.

As of 7:00 this morning, there are 4 people in Lam Dong (1 person in Da Lat died from a dry pine tree into the house; 1 person in Da Teh district died due to collecting firewood; 2 in Di Linh district was swept away by the flood) . Thus, there were 20 people killed and missing, 1 person was injured due to flood.

Not to mention, hundreds of houses collapsed and flooded. Dak Lak broke 7 small dams and drank 26 dams; Provincial road 8 (Cu Mgar district) many sections are deeply flooded, rural roads in the districts are flooded and damaged, some bridges are washed away; many irrigation works are eroded and damaged. Agricultural area is flooded up to thousands of hectares. In Dak Nong, there were 600 households (Krong No district, Gia Nghia town, Dak R 'Lap district) were flooded and relocated. Particularly in this province, the loss is 150 billion VND.

In the North, because of the upper Red River in China in early August there is heavy rain on a large scale, and in Lao Cai province there is heavy rain, exceeding 100mm, causing flash floods at Coc Xan in Bat Xat district and Xuan Hoa commune. Bao Yen district also causes significant damage to houses and roads, but no human damage.

Yesterday afternoon, the Steering Committee of the Flood and Storm promulgated the directive 38. Accordingly, the provinces of Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Lam Dong and Binh Thuan need to send missions to closely inspect the operation of the above reservoirs. geographical areas, immediately discover and handle incidents to ensure project safety.

These localities must concentrate their forces and means to urgently evacuate people from dangerous areas along rivers and streams, low-lying areas and low-lying areas prone to flash floods, landslides, especially lower areas. save the reservoir; organize the search for missing people and provide relief to people in damaged areas.

Wind makes trees fall in Hue (Photo: VNN).

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