According to statistics from Lao Chai commune (Lao Cai province), the recent rain caused 106 households to suffer housing damage, of which 25 houses were heavily damaged. Many households had to be urgently relocated due to the risk of landslides.
In addition, dozens of inter-village and inter-hamlet roads have appeared with many landslides with thousands of cubic meters of soil and rock spilling onto the road surface, causing traffic disruption and affecting relief work.
Determining that overcoming the consequences of natural disasters is an urgent task, right on weekends, Lao Chai commune mobilized 100% of officials, civil servants, and armed forces to go to villages and hamlets to support people to relocate from dangerous areas, transport property, build temporary shelters and clean up houses.
Hundreds of officers, soldiers and people were present in the affected areas to level soil and rocks, clear roads, and support households to quickly stabilize their lives.
Ms. Giang Thi Me's family, in Lao Chai village, is one of the households that suffered the heaviest damage. After many years of saving and being supported by the State, last year her family just built a solid house.
However, after only two days of heavy rain, a large volume of soil and rock from the positive slope suddenly slid down, causing the house to be almost completely destroyed.
When the landslide occurred, my husband and two older children were both working far away, and there were only my mother and me at home. Fortunately, the landslide occurred during the day, so we managed to escape. If it happened at night, I don't know what the consequences would be.
Currently, the family has been helped by the government and people to move furniture and arrange temporary accommodation," Ms. Giang Thi Me still recounted in shock.
Thanks to proactively monitoring weather developments, warning and organizing timely evacuation, many households have left the dangerous area before the landslide occurred.
By the morning of July 19, Lao Chai commune had urgently relocated 30 households, and at the same time supported 25 households whose houses were affected to move assets and stabilize temporary accommodation. Local authorities continue to review points at risk of landslides to proactively plan evacuations when necessary.
Not only functional forces, local people are also actively joining hands to overcome the consequences of natural disasters.
Mr. Sung A Sang, in Hu Tru Linh village, said that when he heard that his hometown was heavily damaged by floods, he immediately returned to support the people.
Hearing the news that many households in the village were landslides, I asked to quit my job to come back to help. Healthy people move things, people with machinery support leveling soil and rocks. I just hope people will soon stabilize their lives," Mr. Sang shared.
In parallel with supporting people, Lao Chai commune is focusing on restoring the transportation system. Excavators, bulldozers and militia forces, police and soldiers are mobilized to urgently clear hundreds of landslide points, gradually clearing roads to serve relief work and people's travel needs.
Ms. Dao Thi Thu Thuy - Secretary of the Party Committee of Lao Chai commune - said that the locality is prioritizing supporting households affected by housing damage and continuing to relocate people out of dangerous areas.
At the same time, they are determined to soon clear the main roads so that motorbikes can circulate, creating favorable conditions for relief and disaster recovery work.
