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Many areas have been submerged by water. Photo: VNA Hanoi (VNA) – According to the latest report, torrential rains and floods following the recent storm, Son Tinh, have left 12 dead and 10 missing and 14 wounded in many northern communities. From the northern part of the center of the country.
On July 21, torrential rains and floods left 10 dead, 8 missing in Yen Bai and 2 dead and 2 reported missing in Thanh Hoa.
In addition, they destroyed 123 homes and flooded another 4,053 in the provinces of Yen Bai, Hoa Binh, Quang Ninh, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Son La, Lao Cai, not including 1,111 households in the provinces of Son La, Yen Bai, Hoa Binh, Quang Ninh, Thanh Hoa who had to be evacuated.
Nearly 16,900 head of livestock and poultry were drowned and 3,969 ha of aquaculture in the localities of Son La, Lao Cai, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An were damaged. The rains and floods also destroyed 12,151 ha of vegetable crops.
In the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, at 9:00 am on July 21, the toll was 10 dead, 8 missing and 11 wounded in the Van Chan districts. Mu Cang Chai, Tran Yen and Van Yen. More than 3,877 homes were damaged and 691 homes were evacuated.
In addition, 1,915 ha of rice fields and vegetable crops were flooded, 1,236 head of livestock and poultry were drowned, 260 ha of aquaculture damaged and many roads paralyzed. The material losses are estimated at about 200 billion Dong (about 9 million dollars).
To help the people in the mountainous province of Yen Bai, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Red Cross has unblocked on July 20, emergency aid of 216 million dong. She coordinated with the Red Cross of Yen Bai Province to bring immediate relief items to the victims.
According to the report of the Natural Disaster Rescue, Search and Rescue Committee of the Ministry of Transport and Communications, until 2 pm on July 20, traffic returned to normal over the Nationals affected by the storm. However, some provincial and communal roads in Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa provinces are still blocked or isolated.
The storm Son Tinh, the third in Vietnam since the beginning of the year, devastated the provinces of Thai Binh in Quang Binh from July 17 to 19. Levels of the Red, Thai Binh and Hoang Long Rivers have risen sharply, along with other rivers from Thanh Hoa to Quang Binh, causing widespread flooding.
Weather forecasts indicate that the torrential rains will continue for a few days to come in the northern and northern provinces of the Center, which could lead to floods, landslides and floods.
Faced with this situation, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc issued an official telegram asking ministries, relevant agencies, and localities in the northern and northern highlands to combine their efforts to address the consequences and prepare for the complex evolution of rains and floods.
He asked the local authorities to take all the necessary measures for search and rescue activities, to encourage the affected population, to provide food, basic necessities and dwellings to the inhabitants in the affected areas and restore important infrastructure to stabilize people's lives.
He ordered the local authorities to closely monitor the progress of the rains and floods and to immediately implement measures to deal with them. The relevant bodies should work closely with local communities to prepare the necessary forces and means to deal quickly with the consequences of the storm. -VNA
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