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Quang Ninh begins post-flood recovery efforts

The northern province of Quang Ninh began its recovery efforts on July 27 after a flash flood, the heaviest in the past 40 years, claimed three lives and caused substantial property damage.
The northern province of Quang Ninh began its recovery efforts on July27 after a flash flood, the heaviest in the past 40 years, claimed threelives and caused substantial property damage.

Thetwo-day downpour inundated and disrupted traffic in Ha Long, DongTrieu, Uong Bi, Cam Pha, Van Don and Hoang Bo townships.

Many areas in Cam Pha and Van Don become isolated, making it hard to dispatch relief to those in need.

Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Long askedlandslide-prone areas to evacuate locals to higher ground and putsearch-and-rescue forces on stand-by.

According tothe provincial Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention andSearch-and-Rescue, Cam Pha was the hardest hit as of the morning of July27.

As many as 1,600 tourists still remain on QuanLan and Co To islands after failing to go ashore as planned because ofthe rainstorms, as of the afternoon of July 27.

TheNational Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting reported that alow pressure trough crossing the north of Vietnam has caused torrentialrains with an average rainfall of between 30-60 millimetres since July25.

The centre predicted prolonged heavyrains in the region and warned northeast provinces like Quang Ninh, CaoBang, Lang Son, Bac Kan and Bac Giang of flash floods and landslides.-VNA
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