On the evening of May 11, information from the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Lao Cai province said that thunderstorms caused 35 houses to have their roofs blown off, landslides into their houses (26, Van Ban district, 8 houses and Muong Khuong 1 house; of which 9 houses had their roofs blown off from 70% to 100%).
Along with that, floods have damaged a number of schools, cultural houses, irrigation works, and rural roads in Bao Yen, Bat Xat, and Van Ban districts.
These include the cultural house and welcome gate of Yen Son commune (Bao Yen) with its roof blown off and severely damaged; the irrigation project of Ham Duoi village, Nam Chay commune (Van Ban) with 15m of concrete canal collapsed; the road project to Bat village, Yen Son commune (Bao Yen) with a positive slope landslide at 4 points with a volume of over 2,000 m3; the culvert across the road to Nam Chon village, Coc My commune was washed away, causing traffic disruption.
Regarding agricultural production, floods and thunderstorms caused more than 4 hectares of rice, crops, 2 hectares of cinnamon trees... in Bao Yen, Van Ban, Bat Xat districts to fall; 1 buffalo ( Vo Lao commune, Van Ban district) was beaten to death by lightning.
In addition, at around 9:15 p.m. on May 10, while visiting the fields, Ms. Chao Su May (residing in Tong Sanh commune, Bat Xat district) was swept away by the flood. At 10:00 p.m. the same day, relatives found Ms. May's body, 200 meters from where it was swept away.
