HANOI, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) — Five individuals had been killed whereas 4 others stay lacking as of Wednesday in Vietnam’s northern mountainous area attributable to extended flash floods and landslides, Vietnam’s National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control mentioned on Thursday.
According to the committee, in Lao Cai province, 13 homes collapsed or had been broken. Nearly 150 hectares of farm produce and 61 fishing farms had been destroyed.
A state of pure catastrophe emergency has been introduced within the tourism spot of Sa Pa Town, Lao Cai province.
The whole harm within the province had been estimated to be over 255 billion Vietnamese dong (10.5 million U.S. {dollars}).
The floods and landslides have additionally destroyed 9 homes, inundated almost 30 hectares of rice and vegetable fields in Ha Giang and Yen Bai provinces.
Northern mountainous and midland localities are anticipated to see extra rains within the coming days, the committee mentioned on Thursday with warning on rising river water ranges, flash floods, and landslides in low-lying areas.
The northern mountainous localities had been requested to maintain a detailed watch on climate circumstances, evacuate residents from disaster-prone areas to safer locations, and ship forces to the damaging websites to make sure security of residents and automobiles.
According to the General Statistics Office, within the first eight months of this 12 months, pure disasters left 79 individuals useless or lacking and 91 others injured in Vietnam.
The disasters in the meantime induced financial losses of over 2 trillion Vietnamese dong (82 million {dollars}) from January to August, down 64.8 p.c 12 months on 12 months.