Flood caused 4 casualties, damage of 11 billion

After the consequences of the flood on July 2, the damage of 4 localities in Dien Bien province continued to increase due to the prolonged rain with great intensity on July 3. The consequences of natural disasters have killed 1 person, 3 wounded people, the initial material damage is estimated at 11 billion VND.

Tuan Giao district witnessed a historic flood and suffered the most damage in the whole province. In Quai Cang commune, flood and rain caused landslides on the shack, causing Mr. Lo Van Pn (born in 1994, residing in Muong Mot village, Muong Mun commune) to die on the spot, 3 others were injured, took away the disease. emergency hospital. Floods washed away a house, another house was dumped in Na Sau commune.

Even in Tuan Giao town, there were 30 houses flooded to 1m, 4 motorbikes were washed away, about 800 ha of rice crops were damaged, 150 ha of aquatic products were flooded and about 20,000 birds died. Road traffic on Highway 6, from Tuan Giao town to Tua Chua district and Muong Lay town was paralyzed from 6 am to 10 pm on July 3, due to water overflowing on the road.

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According to the reporter's report at the scene at 9:00 on July 3, most of the winter rice area of ​​2 communes of Chieng Dong and Chieng Sinh (Tuan Giao) is still submerged in the sea of ​​water, many houses in Xom village, Chieng Sinh commune was overflowed by floodwaters, swept away property.

Mr. Quang Van Oi (80 years old in Minh Minh village, Chieng Dong commune) said that from 1969 until now, there has just been a big flood like this year. The rain lasted from July 2, to July 3, the flood suddenly surged, flooding all the rice fields along the Nam Huong stream. Many furniture, livestock and poultry have been swept away by floodwaters.

Mr. Vu Van Duc, Vice Chairman of Tuan Giao District People's Committee said that this is the biggest flood after nearly 50 years in this locality. Due to prolonged rain with great intensity, causing two streams, Nam Hon and Nam Sac, to flow through the resonated district makes the water rise up to 2 m high.

Predicting the consequences of flooding, from the morning of July 3, district leaders directed localities and standing forces to review high-risk locations, relocate 50 households in locations. danger to a safe place. At the same time, to re-examine the areas damaged by flood and flood, when the water receded, mobilize people to quickly restore the damaged areas to promptly produce.

Information from the Office of the Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Rescue in Dien Bien Province said that apart from Tuan Giao district, other localities such as Tua Chua and Muong Ang districts and Muong Lay town were also badly damaged. flood rain.

In Tua Chua district, 115 ha of rice in Muong Bang field are damaged by 40%, traffic from district town to Muong Bang commune is congested and cannot be circulated; 1 concrete bridge in Muong Bang commune was washed away, some irrigation works were badly damaged.

In Muong Lay town, flooding has made the whole area of ​​Na Na village and 11 households in Hoc village of the commune flooded from 30-45 cm; 50 m of concreted concrete embankment collapsed, resulting in two broken electric poles. In Muong Ang district, over 52 hectares of winter rice crop are lost due to being washed away, buried; 1.4 ha of fishponds were broken and washed away.