While on a rescue mission, I saw my family's name on the missing list.
It is the fourth day after the terrible disaster in Lang Nu. On the morning of September 13, 8 people on the list of missing victims reported to the authorities that they were alive, which made many people, especially the rescue team, somewhat relieved.
Mr. Hoang Van Tien (47 years old) said that on the morning of September 10, he woke up at 5am. He went to the stream and saw the flood water rising and rocks rolling abnormally, so he called his family to come out and see. At that moment, the family of Hoang Van Duan (39 years old, Mr. Tien's younger brother) arrived from his father's house.
When the two families returned home in Lang Nu village, they heard a loud explosion from the hill and looked up to see rocks and dirt flying high. All eight people stopped to call out to the villagers and then ran to higher ground to take refuge.
"Only about 3 minutes after the loud explosion, the whole hill collapsed, sweeping away the village. We shouted to the people but it was too late because the incident happened so quickly," said Mr. Tien.
After the landslide buried the village, the families of Mr. Tien and Mr. Duan managed to run up a hill about 500m away from the landslide and escaped. While fleeing the flash flood, Mr. Duan and his wife saw two children being swept away by the flood, so they pulled them up and took them to the emergency room.
After escaping, the two families went to their father's house, about 500m from the landslide area, to take refuge. By the evening of September 10, to ensure safety, the whole family moved to Mrs. Hoang Thi Soi's house, about 1km from the landslide area, and stayed there temporarily to continue searching for the missing people in Lang Nu village.
On the morning of September 13, Mr. Tien's wife, Ms. Hoang Thi Dien (41 years old) and Mr. Duan's wife, Ms. Hoang Thi Diep (33 years old) were participating in rescue work when they discovered that their family was on the missing list, so they reported it to the village chief and the commune authorities.
Will rebuild houses for 37 households in Lang Nu
As of the afternoon of September 13, 39 people were still missing in the horrific landslide in Lang Nu (a decrease of 8 people). Previously, authorities had found 48 bodies and taken 17 injured people to the hospital for treatment.
Currently, 650 military officers, police officers and people continue to focus on searching for missing victims.
Directly directing at the scene, Mr. Trinh Xuan Truong - Chairman of Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee - said with red eyes: "This is a terrible incident, never happened before. The locality has been mobilizing all forces to search for the missing people. The province is determined not to let people lack food and clothing in times of hardship."
Working in the rain and mud with officers and soldiers on the search mission, Major General Pham Hong Chuong, Commander of Military Region 2, encouraged: "There are still many people missing. We must carefully check every location, turn over every brick, tree root... and not miss any location."
Currently, the electricity and healthcare sectors and Viettel Group are also present to quickly restore power grid, communications and healthcare services.
In order to share the pain and loss with the people of Lang Nu village, Phuc Khanh commune, Bao Yen district, Lao Cai province after the historic flash flood, and at the same time, to implement the direction of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the inspection and working session on overcoming the consequences of the flash flood on the afternoon of September 12, the authorities are coordinating with Lao Cai province to participate in the reconstruction and rebuilding of houses for all 37 households of Lang Nu village.
Housing projects will be built in the new planning area along with some auxiliary projects such as community centers and clean water supply projects to help households overcome their grief and stabilize their lives.
All work will be carried out as urgently as possible to strive to complete the projects before December 31, 2024 as directed by the Prime Minister.
On the afternoon of September 13, information from the Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee said that 3 more people were safe related to the landslide that buried Lang Nu village, Phuc Khanh commune, Bao Yen district. Accordingly, 3 mothers and children including Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong (born in 1991) and her daughter Hoang Thi Hiem (born in 2008), son Hoang Trung Huyen (born in 2010) just returned home safely from Yen Bai.
Millions of arms turn to compatriots affected by storms and floods
Storms and floods have caused severe damage in many northern provinces.
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