Many people died from flooding in the North

Floods lasted from 3-5 / 7 in the northern mountains, causing many deaths. Water in some rivers is reaching record levels. Preliminary damage is estimated at tens of billions of VND.

In 3 days, heavy rains have poured down most of the northern mountainous region, popular rainfall 100-200 mm, some places over 300 mm. Large floods have appeared in many places, the focus is on Bac Kan province.

According to the Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Control, by the end of July 5, the North had 22 people dead. In particular, Bac Kan alone died 13 people, 10 missing. More than 500 houses were dumped, flooded or drowned. Traffic, irrigation and agriculture were also seriously affected.

Flooding caused many traffic in many places in Bac Kan almost isolated.
(Photo: Xuan Hoa)

At the belly of Pac Nam district (Bac Kan), flooding caused thousands of cubic meters of land to erode, dozens of houses were buried. 13 deaths in Bac Kan are in this district. Flooding also makes the road 258B from Ba Be to Pac Nam severely congested. By the afternoon of July 5, traffic from the center of Pac Nam district to Cong Bang and Nhan Mon communes remained stagnant.

On July 5, the Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control - the National Committee for Search and Rescue continued to have the electricity to urge the prevention, avoidance and continued remedy of the consequences of flooding. Northern mountainous provinces continue to evacuate people from areas at risk of flash floods and landslides; organize search and rescue missing people and cure injured people.

Today, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Dao Xuan Hoc will approach Nhan Mon commune (Pac Nam and Bac Kan districts) - where the most severely affected people - to guide and deal with the consequences flood rain.

Many people have flooded and landslides caused landslides.
(Photo: Xuan Hoa)

On 4/5/7, the North has heavy rain, especially in the Northwest with very heavy rain. According to the Central Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting, heavy rain makes floods of rivers and streams very fast. The flow on the Nam Mu River in the Da River system reached the highest level ever of 5,800 m3 per second; The flow of water to Tuyen Quang lake also reached a historical level of nearly 8,000 m3 per second.

Flow to Hoa Binh lake is 10,000 m3 per second, the lake level exceeds 100 meters. In the afternoon, Hoa Binh lake had to open 2 gates, Tuyen Quang lake opened 4 blowdowns.