Mr. Phan The Tuan, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Bac Ninh province, has just inspected and directed the response to natural disasters in Yen Dinh, Tuan Dao communes and Chu ward.
Previously, at around 3 - 5am on August 21, due to heavy rain, some villages in Yen Dinh and Tuan Dao communes were flooded, some villages were isolated and isolated; hundreds of households were flooded, 2 households had large rocks sliding near their houses.
Soil, rocks, and mud slid down the road, affecting the circulation of vehicles on National Highway 31 running through Yen Dinh Commune, DT 291 through Tuan Dao Commune; causing power outages and interrupted telecommunications networks, making communication and direction difficult.
Localities have quickly mobilized forces and arranged excavators to level and clear the flow to ensure traffic. At the same time, they went to local houses to grasp the situation and direct the evacuation of people and property to safe places.
At flooded underground points, local authorities directed functional forces to set up barriers, send guards, divert traffic and prevent people from moving through dangerous areas.
With the active participation of the forces, by 9:00 a.m. on August 21, traffic through the areas had basically started.
After inspecting the situation and grasping the situation of households, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Phan The Tuan requested local authorities to urgently repair the landslides; carefully review, proactively evacuate and relocate residents from unsafe areas.
Urgently deploy measures to quickly approach some villages that are still isolated and isolated; grasp the situation of isolated areas; quickly ensure transportation, electricity, telecommunications networks, water, food and temporary accommodation for people affected by rain and floods.
The authorities coordinated with the locality to urgently mobilize machinery and equipment to clear the landslides as quickly as possible.
The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting warns: From August 21 to August 23, a flood will occur on the Cau River, Thuong River, and Luc Nam River.
In particular, the flood peak at stations in the upper reaches of Thuong and Luc Nam rivers is likely to reach alert level 2 - alert level 3; the downstream of Thuong River at Phu Lang Thuong station and the downstream of Luc Nam river at Luc Nam station are at alert level 1 - alert level 2; the downstream of Cau River is at alert level 1.
There is a high risk of flooding in low-lying areas along the Cau River, Thuong River, and Luc Nam River; flash floods and landslides on steep slopes in mountainous areas of Bac Ninh, Lang Son and Thai Nguyen provinces.
