Torrential rains wreak havoc on Quang Nam
Torrential rains from December 9-12 took the lives of four people and caused economic damage of 126 billion VND in the central province of Quang Nam.
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Torrential rains from December 9-12 took the lives of four people and caused economic damage of 126 billion VND in the central province of Quang Nam.
The Standing Board of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee (VFFCC) has sent a message of sympathy to authorities and people affected by floods in Quang Tri, Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai and Binh Dinh provinces and Da Nang city.
The central city of Da Nang is in high season for foreign tourists. However, heavy rains in recent days have caused difficulties for both tourists and tourism activities in the city.
The heavy flooding and landslides triggered by torrential rains in central provinces have left at least two people dead.
Central and southern localities have employed an array of measures to brace for Typhoon Usagi, which is forecast to make landfall in the night of November 24 or November 25 morning.
Vietnamese central and southern coastal localities have been instructed to take urgent measures to brace for Typhoon Usagi – the ninth storm to hit the East Sea this year said to be heading to the sou
Typhoon Usagi, developed from a tropical low-pressure system and the ninth storm to hit the East Sea this year, is heading to south central Vietnam.
The standing board of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee has extended sympathy along with aid in cash to victims of floods in the south central provinces of Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan and Phu Yen.
Torrential downpour caused by a tropical depression killed 12 people and injured 11 others in the south-central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, while five people went missing as of 4pm on November 18.
Torrential rains and floods from October 20 to 26 destroyed many roads in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang, severely affecting transport and local people’s lives.
Torrential rains on October 22 caused big damage to residents’ properties agriculture and infrastructure works in several communes in the northern mountainous provinces of Lao Cai and Ha Giang.
Floods and landslides in northern mountainous and central provinces have killed 15 people and left four missing, along with heavy losses in property, according to the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.
Torrential rains in recent days have caused serious floods and landslides in several northwestern mountainous localities, causing heavy losses in both human life and properties.
Prolonged, heavy torrential rains in the northern mountainous province of Son La from August 28-29 have caused flash floods and serious landslides in the locality.
Floods triggered by prolonged torrential rains in the past month have killed four locals and injured two others in the northern mountainous province of Son La as of August 24.
Northern coastal provinces are bracing for storm Bebinca as the storm is forecast to land in the northern coastline from the Hai Phong city to Nghe An province.
Chairman of the People’s Committee of the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh Nguyen Van Quang has ordered authorities of Ky Son district to arrange a resettlement area for residents whose houses have been vulnerable to landslides on Road 445.
Nearly 40 houses in Luc Yen district in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai were damaged due to torrential rains on August 6-7.
