By this evening, the search and rescue (SAR) operation for missing people in Phuoc Son District’s Phuoc Loc Commune in the central coastal province of Quang Nam has been temporarily suspended due to the ongoing storm Goni.
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has required mobilizing all available forces and means to search for and rescue 30 people missing in connection with the landslides at Rao Trang 3 hydropower plant in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.
The Standing Office of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control informed that floodwater forced about 8,024 households with 26,407 people in the provinces from Quang Binh to Quang Nam to evacuate because torrential rains are forecast to continue in the coming days.
The standing board of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee (VFFCC) has decided to support families of dead and missing victims in the last floods in the central provinces lately.
