More than 500 turns of officers and soldiers continue to search for missing people and support overcoming the consequences
According to reports from functional agencies, as of the morning of July 18, forces have found 3 more bodies of victims swept away by flash floods in Muong Than commune.
The total number of deaths in this natural disaster has increased to 4, while 4 people are still missing and hundreds of households are heavily affected.
Information from Lai Chau Provincial Police, on the morning of July 18, rescue forces found the bodies of baby Ban Thi L (10 years old, Nam Sang village), baby Pham Xuan Tr (8 years old) and Ms. Pham Thi L (32 years old, all residing in Chit village) after many hours of searching efforts.
Thus, as of now, the flash flood that occurred in Muong Than commune has killed 4 people, including Mr. Lo Van Ch (31 years old, Chit village) and 3 victims who have just been found.
According to the report of Muong Than Commune Police as of 7:30 am on July 18, there are still 4 people identified as missing, including Pham Bao C (11 years old), Ms. Luong Thi X (45 years old), Ms. Do Thi H (54 years old) and Ms. Nguyen Thi M (68 years old), all residing in Chit village.
Regarding the injured, there are 7 cases being treated at medical facilities. Among them, Mr. Lo Van C (33 years old) and Mr. Pham Thanh H (35 years old) are being treated at Than Uyen General Hospital.
Five other victims including Giang Thi M (32 years old, Muong Kim commune), Lo Thi T (28 years old), Lo Thi M (41 years old), Lo Thi M (29 years old) and Luong Gia Linh (1 year old) are being treated at Tan Uyen General Hospital.
Floods also caused serious property damage. Initial statistics show that 13 houses were swept away or completely damaged, and many other houses cannot be counted because the area is still divided.
There are about 80 households with 385 people in Noong Thang, Nam Ngua, Na Phai, Na Xa, Nam Sang, Sam Sau, Sat Ngua and Chit villages that had to be evacuated and housed due to their houses being affected.
Faced with the complicated developments of natural disasters, on the morning of July 18, more than 500 turns of officers and soldiers of various forces are continuing to deploy the search for missing victims, support people to overcome the consequences and ensure safety in affected areas.
Also on the morning of July 18, rescue forces safely rescued 4 people trapped in the flood area in Muong Than commune.
Lai Chau Provincial Police have established a forward command headquarters at Tan Uyen Commune Police.
Colonel Khoang Van Thuong - Deputy Director of the Provincial Police - directly directed the search and rescue work and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters.
On the same morning, Chairman of Lai Chau Provincial People's Committee Ha Quang Trung and the provincial working delegation were directly present in Muong Than commune to inspect the scene, direct search and rescue work, overcome the consequences of floods and support people to soon stabilize their lives.
3 communes in Lai Chau are being completely isolated due to floods
Lai Chau Provincial Police also said that heavy rain in recent days has caused many landslide points on key traffic routes, causing disruption and seriously affecting people's travel.
Muong Kim, Muong Than and Pac Ta communes are being isolated by road.
On National Highway 279, at Km167+450 in Chieng Ban village, Muong Kim commune, a serious landslide caused the entire road to be completely blocked.
Meanwhile, on National Highway 32, positions Km357, Km358 and Km359 in the area of Pac Ta and Muong Than communes also recorded a large amount of soil and rock from the mountainside falling due to flash floods, causing traffic to be cut off.
Up to now, functional forces have not been able to give an estimate of the traffic flow time due to the large volume of landslides and the complicated weather, posing a potential risk of further landslides.
Faced with the above situation, Lai Chau Provincial Police recommends that people absolutely do not move into areas that are experiencing landslides or at high risk of landslides.
People need to proactively monitor information from functional agencies, choose alternative routes or temporarily postpone their journey through the affected area until there is a safety assurance notice.
In addition, vehicles participating in traffic are requested to strictly comply with the guidance, regulation and traffic diversion of the Traffic Police force and functional forces on duty at the scene to ensure safety and create favorable conditions for recovery work.
Lai Chau Provincial Police are coordinating with departments, branches and local authorities to mobilize manpower and vehicles to clear soil and rocks, overcome the consequences of floods and quickly restore traffic on divided roads.
Functional agencies said that they will continue to update the developments of the flood situation and recovery progress on official information channels. At the same time, they recommend that people regularly monitor to proactively plan their travel, ensuring safety for themselves and their families.
