Flooding caused much damage in Dien Bien province

According to information from the Standing Office of the Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Control and Search and Rescue of Dien Bien Province, heavy rains in July 13-16 continue to cause some damage to Muong Ang district and the city. Dien Bien Phu street, broke many electric poles in the whole province of Dien Bien, the damage was estimated at nearly 1 billion VND.

Muong Ang district has 4 houses with landslides, including a house to be relocated urgently. Rain and flood have buried 35 hectares of winter rice, causing complete damage, 14ha flooded, about 50% damage.

Flooding also made 30m of canal in Xuan Lao commune collapsed, causing water shortage for 8ha of rice in the field of 3 villages, 2 dams of focal points of the commune of Hoang Nua were broken.

July 16 morning rain caused flooding on many streets of Dien Bien Phu city. Many major roads have a time when motorcycles cannot pass. Floods have been buried, causing about 5 ha of rice flooding, causing 1.2 ha of aquatic product damage in 2 communes Thanh Minh and Nam Thanh ward.

More seriously, on July 16, the arterial highway 279 linking Dien Bien province and lowland provinces was choked for nearly 5 hours in the area of ​​Na Nhan commune, Dien Bien district. The volume of soil buried in the distance of 60m is estimated to reach 5,300m ³ .

Road 226 Limited Company has to mobilize many new machines and working hours to clear the way for vehicles to travel.

The flooding from the beginning of the rainy season has also caused much damage to the electricity supply system in Dien Bien province.

According to initial statistics, there have been nearly 40 electric poles in Dien Bien Dong, Muong Ang, Tuan Giao, Dien Bien, Tua Chua districts and Muong Lay town broken down and broken wires; damage is estimated at VND 343 million.