On August 24, information from the People's Committee of Muong Lat district, Thanh Hoa province said that in recent days, heavy rains had caused landslides and cracks in the road surface on National Highway 15C (section passing Na Tao village, Pu Nhi commune), causing affecting traffic.
Specifically, at Km88+750 to Km88+850, National Highway 15C sank about 2m and many cracks appeared, damaging about 100m of the road surface.
Along with that, landslides and subsidence also caused a resident's house to crack, be seriously damaged and have to be evacuated. There are 13 other households living nearby that are also at risk of being affected.
Faced with the above situation, Muong Lat district authorities urgently relocated affected households; Direct the traffic management unit to place warning signs at the beginning and end of the landslide area to warn people and vehicles participating in traffic.
At the same time, direct the People's Committee of Pu Nhi commune (Muong Lat district) to develop a plan for natural disaster prevention and control and search and rescue according to the motto "4 on the spot".
In addition, the People's Committee of Muong Lat district reported to the Department of Transport of Thanh Hoa province to coordinate in finding solutions to overcome the above landslide problem.