According to information from the Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Control of Lang Son province, due to the impact of storm No. 3, many localities in the province have had moderate to heavy rain.
The specific rainfall measured at the stations is as follows: That Khe 85.0mm, Huu Lung 81.0mm, Lang Son 216.0mm, Mau Son 273.0mm, Dinh Lap 164.0mm, Bac Son 244.0.
Water level at Ky Cung River is 254.4mm (above alert level 2).
As of 3:00 p.m. on September 8, there were 11 casualties. Of these, 1 person died and 1 person was missing. 9 people were injured by falling Fibro-cement roofing sheets, falling trees, and landslides.
1,256 households suffered damage to their houses. Of these, 950 had their roofs blown off; 90 houses had trees falling on them and landslides; 223 houses were flooded; 216 houses had their outbuildings damaged (collapsed walls, blown off roofs, fallen trees, etc.)
In addition, other structures such as the Commune Police Headquarters; village cultural house; school and commune post office were also damaged.
Over 2,201 hectares of rice and crops were affected, over 113 traffic points were locally flooded and over 153 landslide points on yin and yang slopes were cut off.
For the National Highway, 11 locations on National Highway 1B, National Highway 4A, National Highway 279, National Highway 3B where trees fell onto the road have been cleared; some major flooding points affected traffic (flooding points on National Highway 1B through Tu Xuyen Commune People's Committee; some flooding points on National Highway 31 through Thai Binh Farm Town, Dinh Lap District, Na Sam Bridge, Van Lang District)....
For provincial roads, some locations were flooded, many locations with fallen trees have been cleared, and some locations have had landslides on the yin-yang slopes.
In addition, 10 high and low voltage power poles were broken and some communication poles were affected.
Heavy rain caused the water level of Ky Cung River to rise, overflowing into the H1 pumping station in Gieng Vuong area, Lang Son city, causing the pumping station to stop working, affecting the water supply to about 1,000 households.
Along with that, the H9 pumping station in the Mai Pha airport area had a broken main pipe, clogged water treatment tank... leading to the plant only operating to supply water to 50% of households in the Mai Pha commune area with about 2,000 households.
Currently, Lang Son Water Supply and Drainage Joint Stock Company is urgently repairing affected pumping stations and factories to supply water to serve the people.
Up to now, according to information from the Lang Son Province Hydrometeorological Station, flood water levels in rivers continue to rise.
Accordingly, at 3:00 p.m. the same day, the water level on Bac Giang River at Van Mich hydrological station (Binh Gia) was 191.13 m, 1.13 m above alert level 3; Ky Cung River at Lang Son station was 254.5 m, 0.5 m above alert level 2; Trung River at Huu Lung station was 18.41 m, 0.41 m above alert level 2.
