Heavy rain that has lasted for many days, especially on the night of the 8th and early morning of July 9th, has caused many landslides and fallen trees on National Highway 6 and National Highway 12, causing traffic disruption.
Accordingly, on National Highway 6 through Dien Bien province, many landslides occurred, causing traffic congestion at locations Km408+870, Km409+050, Km413+600, Km436+020, Km463+740 and Km465+650.
On National Highway 12, the section from Muong Lay commune to Na Sang, there are also many large landslide points at Km119+500 and Km135+304, causing localized traffic disruption.
On the morning of July 9, in an exchange with a reporter from Lao Dong Newspaper, Mr. Tran Quang Huy, Deputy Director of Road Joint Stock Company 226 (traffic security unit) said that some points have been temporarily cleared, but there is still a potential risk of unsafety.
At the scene, many points of positive taluy landslides with large volumes of soil and rocks spilled onto the road surface, causing complete congestion. In which, at Km413+600, positive and negative taluy landslides damaged about 36m of soft defense. At Km463+740 and Km465+650, soil and rocks and trees fell onto the road surface, causing traffic to be paralyzed.
Right that night, the on-duty force mobilized machinery and vehicles to handle and ensure traffic at the incident locations. However, due to the continuous heavy rain, many locations have not been able to be checked, so there is no complete statistics" - Mr. Huy said.
According to Dien Bien Provincial Hydrometeorological Station, from 7:00 PM on July 8th to 3:00 AM on July 9th, moderate to heavy rain appeared in the province, with very heavy rain in many places with common rainfall from 5 - 60mm, some places exceeding 100mm.
Forecast for July 9 and 10, Dien Bien will continue to have showers and thunderstorms, locally with moderate to heavy rain with common rainfall from 10 - 30mm, in some places over 50mm. In thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind.
The meteorological agency also warned of the high risk of flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides in steep slopes and flooding in low-lying areas. The level of natural disaster risk due to flash floods and landslides is warned at level 1.
