The central province of Nghe An’s Ky Son mountainous district Head of Administration Office Phan Sy Thang said hundreds of households in the district have to move out of the dangerous areas due to the flooding and landslides.
Heavy rains which was occurring last night have blocked parts of provincial road 16 connecting from Huong Dien Hydro-power Plant to Huong Van, Huong Tra town in the northern province of Thua Thie Hue, said Deputy Chairman Nguyen Van Phuong of Thua Thien Hue People’s Committee this morning.
A powerful 6.6-magnitude quake rocked the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido today, triggering landslides, collapsing houses, and killing at least one person with around 20 missing.
The authority of central province of Thanh Hoa said floods killed seven people; 128 houses collapsed and over 1,500 people had to move to safer places. Besides, many works and hundreds of hectares of vegetables were damaged by landslides.
The central province of Thanh Hoa Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Rescue and Control said prolonged heavy rains which hit the province yesterday killed seven people and left 3 others missing in Muong Lat and Cam Thuy districts.
The National Center for Hydro Meteorological Forecasting yesterday afternoon said tonight (August 28) to August 31, the northern region and the provinces from Thanh Hoa to Nghe An are forecast to experience heavy rains.
Typhoon-triggered floods left 12 dead and two missing in Vietnam by August 19, according to the Office of the National Committee for Search and Rescue.
Floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains in the past days had left six dead, five missing and two injured in the northern mountainous region by 17:00 on August 5.
The National Center for Hydro Meteorological Forecasting reported up to July 24, at least 27 people died, 26 others were injured and 7 are missing due to floods in the northern region.
