On September 11, according to a quick report from the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Lao Cai province, in Bao Nhai commune, a house was damaged from 50% - 70%. Regarding agricultural production, the whole province has more than 3 hectares of crops affected, including rice, corn, cassava and cinnamon areas that were flooded, landslides and buried.
In Mo Vang commune alone, about 3,000 cinnamon trees, 5,000 crab trees and 0.45 hectares of cinnamon were severely damaged; more than 3.5 hectares of cassava in Lam Giang commune were also completely buried. In addition, some aquaculture areas were also damaged.
Heavy rain also caused landslides and mud overflowed the road surface on many national and provincial highways. Specifically, National Highway 4E, National Highway 279, National Highway 32 recorded a volume of landslides of nearly 6,000m3 of rock and soil with dozens of landslides; soil and mud spilled onto the road surface and ditches along about 350m3.
On Provincial Road 160, there were 3 landslides, with a volume of mud and soil of nearly 750m3; a culvert was blocked.
The total estimated value of damage is more than 1.4 billion VND.
It is forecasted that in the next 6 hours, many areas of Lao Cai will continue to have moderate rain, some places will have heavy rain, with common rainfall from 10 - 30mm, some places may be over 50mm. The risk of flash floods and landslides in mountainous areas is still high.
The Lao Cai Provincial Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control requires localities to closely monitor forecasts, organize 24/7 duty and report to the Department of Agriculture and Environment twice a day.
At the same time, urgently deploy preventive measures, instruct people to reinforce and reinforce their houses, minimizing damage caused by floods.
