Lang Son flooded history

The circulation of Rammasun typhoon on July 19 caused heavy rain, turning Lang Son city (Lang Son province) into a sea of ​​water, where floods surged near the roof.

Immediately after the swept Rammasun, the night of 19 to 20/7, the Northern provinces had heavy rain.At 7:00 am July 20, the flood peak at Ky Cung River (Lang Son) is 257.01 m (exceeding the alarm 3 by 0.51 m), to 13h the flood peak is 257.39 m (0.89 m beyond the alarm 3) .

Water level of Ky Cung river overflows all barriers, flooding the abutments.

Many Lang Son city residential areas are submerged in the sea.

People's lives are seriously disturbed.

More than 1,200 goods stalls in Dong Kinh market and Gieng Vuong market must be relocated.

According to the preliminary report of Lang Son Provincial People's Committee, on July 20, at least four people died, of which three were swept away by the flood and one was injured by a house repair.

Flood also caused 6,000 houses to be deeply inundated, of which about 200 were seriously damaged and completely damaged;over 2,000 hectares of rice were flooded and swept away.

Meteorological experts said that this is one of three historic floods in Lang Son.Previously, the province used to suffer a great flood in 1986 (nearly 260m) and in 2008 (257.80m).

Trees break down due to the impact of Rammasun storm.The area of ​​Chi Lang is measured up to 158mm.

National highways 1B, 4A, 4B, 279 and some provincial roads are divided; traffic in many sections is flooded and landslides with a volume of about 32.500m ³ of rock and soil.

When floods occur, the locality has moved 5,100 households out of flooded areas, landslides, and mobilized 5,300 people including police, military, militia, rescue workers, and support personnel. people leave dangerous areas, evacuate treasure and property.

The water filled most of the first floor of the two-story house.

Families have to move their belongings outside due to increasing water.Meteorological Agency forecasts that the water level in Ky Cung River continues to fall.Meanwhile, the water levels of Da, Lo, Thao, Cau, Thuong and Luc Nam rivers continue to rise.On Luc Nam river in Luc Nam, it is possible to reach 6.1m peak (under the alarm 3 is 0.2m) on 1h on July 21, later slowly.On Thuong River at Phu Lang Thuong it is possible to reach the peak at 4.8m (on the first alarm is 0.5m) on 3:00 on July 21, then slow down .