Initial information, at 4:00 a.m. this morning (May 15), a landslide occurred in Group 3, Cau May Ward, Sa Pa Town, collapsing a house.
At the time of the landslide, there was 1 person inside the house. At 8:00 a.m. this morning, the victim's body was found by rescue forces.
Through verification, the victim was Ms. V.T.L (born at 1958, residing in Group 7, Sa Pa Ward).
According to records, the heavy rain on the night of May 14 also caused quite serious landslides on some roads in Sa Pa town.
According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, last night and this morning, in the Northwest region, there were showers and thunderstorms, locally heavy to very heavy rain.
Rainfall from 10pm on May 14 to 8am on May 15 was over 70mm in some places such as: 180.6mm, Sa Pa town (Lao Cai) 103.8mm, Cam Nhan (Yen Bai) 78mm...
Day and night on May 15, there will be scattered showers and thunderstorms, locally heavy rain with rainfall from 20-40mm, some places over 70mm (concentrated in the evening and at night).
Risk of flash floods, landslides in mountainous areas; flooding in low-lying areas causing damage to houses, infrastructure, agricultural production and traffic safety.
