Prolonged heavy rain caused flash floods and landslides in many locations on national highways in Lai Chau, causing National Highway 32 and National Highway 279 to be completely blocked.
Functional forces advise people not to move into dangerous areas.
On July 17, the Traffic Police Department of Lai Chau Provincial Police said that due to the impact of prolonged heavy rain, flash floods and landslides occurred on National Highway 32 at Km357, Km358 and Km359 in the communes of Pac Ta and Muong Than.
A large amount of soil and rock from the slope slid down the road surface, causing National Highway 32 to be completely paralyzed through this area. Up to now, functional agencies have not been able to determine the traffic opening time.
At the same time, at Km167+450 on National Highway 279, passing through Chieng Ban village, Muong Kim commune, landslides also caused traffic to be completely cut off.
Faced with the complicated developments of the weather, the Traffic Police Department of Lai Chau Provincial Police recommends that people and vehicles not move into the landslide area, proactively choose alternative routes and comply with the directions and traffic diversion of functional forces at the scene.
The Traffic Police force will continue to coordinate with relevant units to monitor the developments of rain and floods, organize to ensure traffic order and safety and promptly update information so that people can proactively plan their travel.
Previously, Lao Dong Newspaper reported that prolonged heavy rain also caused serious landslides at Km76+250 on National Highway 12, completely breaking the roadbed and surface and cutting off traffic between Lai Chau and Dien Bien.
To ensure traffic flow, the Lai Chau Provincial Department of Construction has implemented 3 temporary traffic diversion plans for vehicles traveling on National Highway 12 in the direction of Lai Chau - Dien Bien and vice versa.
