On the morning of October 29, Mr. Nguyen Hong Lai - Secretary of the Party Committee of Tra Tan Commune (Da Nang City) - confirmed to Lao Dong that the entire village with 11 houses on Ong Yen roof was completely swept away by floodwaters on the night of October 27. Fortunately, all households here had been evacuated before, so there were no casualties.
"Immediately after the incident, we, the commune leaders and the authorities, went to the scene to check and found that the area now had only vacant land. The houses that were swept away were wooden houses, sold solidly by the people. People are temporarily taking safe shelter at cultural houses and other evacuation points, said Mr. Lai.
According to records at the scene, Ong Yen peak - where 11 households used to live - now only has soil, rocks, rotten wood and eroded house foundation. Floods from upstream suddenly rose overnight, sweeping away the entire residential area along the mountainside.
Mr. Lai said that heavy rain continued on the morning of October 29, the risk of landslides and widespread flooding is still very high. The whole Tra Tan commune currently has 18 buried houses, more than 30 large and small landslides. National Highway 40B was cut off in many sections; the inter-commune road was eroded, causing Song Y village to be completely isolated.
The locality has urgently evacuated 64 households with 205 people to safe places, mainly interspersed with other people's houses or concentrated in schools and village cultural houses.
"Thanks to the landslide warning plan built in advance, we have proactively evacuated people early, so there are no human casualties. However, in the long term, it is necessary to re-evaluate the geological layer to propose safer solutions for the mountainous areas" - Mr. Lai emphasized.
