The prolonged heavy rain from June 28 to the early morning of July 1 caused widespread flooding, flash floods and landslides, causing hundreds of houses, many areas of rice, crops and transportation and irrigation systems to be damaged.
Real-world records of PV show that from June 28 to the early morning of July 1, prolonged rain and floods appeared in Cao Bang province, many places experienced flash floods, waterlogging and landslides, causing serious damage to people's property and infrastructure.
A quick report from the Sub-Department of Water Resources (Department of Agriculture and Rural Environment of Cao Bang province) shows that the whole province has 173 affected households.
In which, 1 house in Co Ba commune was completely collapsed, 2 houses were damaged from 50 - 70%, 73 houses were landslides of positive and negative slopes and 95 houses were flooded from 0.3 - 1m.
By the morning of July 1, there were still many houses flooded, mainly in Thong Nong and Can Yen communes.
In Thong Nong commune alone, 36 households were flooded, of which 4 households were flooded over 1m, concentrated in Bac Hung Dao, Ngoc Sy and Hong Viet hamlets.
Local authorities have mobilized forces to support people in moving property and ensuring safety in deeply flooded areas.
Floods also caused heavy damage to the agricultural sector with more than 382 hectares of crops affected, of which nearly 349 hectares of newly planted rice were flooded and buried.
Many areas of corn, galangal, cassava, mulberry, and fruit trees were damaged, nearly 1.2 hectares of rice fields were eroded. In addition, 184 poultry and about 720kg of commercial fish were swept away.
In the field of transportation, hundreds of landslide points have appeared on National Highway 4A, National Highway 34 and many provincial roads.
Notably, DT204 route, Thong Nong - Can Yen section, experienced a landslide with a volume of about 40,000m3 of soil and rock, greatly affecting travel.
Nearly 20 rural traffic routes were damaged and swept away by floods. In addition, 11 irrigation works were damaged, many water pipelines were broken, and 4 power poles were knocked down or at risk of falling due to landslides.
According to initial statistics, the total damage caused by the flood is estimated at about 17 billion VND.
Faced with the complicated developments of the weather, Chairman of Cao Bang Provincial People's Committee Le Hai Hoa requested departments, branches and People's Committees of communes and wards to absolutely not be subjective and continue to drastically implement response measures according to the "4 on-the-spot" motto.
Focus on reviewing areas along rivers, streams, low-lying areas, slopes, positive slopes, negative slopes and places at risk of landslides to proactively zone, warn and organize the relocation of people when necessary.
The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also requested to resolutely not let people return to areas that are not safe; and at the same time directed the Provincial Police and the Provincial Military Command to mobilize forces to support the evacuation of people, overcome consequences, and organize checkpoints and traffic diversion at deep flooded and landslide points.
Localities are assigned to urgently fully statistically assess damage to housing, production, infrastructure and public works to serve as a basis for proposing support to overcome the consequences.
Meanwhile, the Department of Agriculture and Environment continues to coordinate to monitor the diễn biến of rain and floods, while the Department of Construction focuses on handling landslide points, ensuring traffic on key roads.
Currently, the water level on the Bang River at Bang Giang and Gam river stations is still maintained at a high level, close to alarm level II, the risk of flooding in low-lying areas is still present if heavy rain continues.
