At about 4 am on April 24, a serious landslide occurred on the Dam Doi river section passing through Hamlet 1, Dam Doi commune, Dam Doi district, Ca Mau province.
The scene recorded a landslide section about 60m long, deep into the mainland about 20m, completely collapsing a 3m wide concrete road section, causing people's travel to be interrupted.
The landslide also damaged the property of some households and riverside businesses, including 1 cargo craning wharf, 1 ice production facility and 1 animal feed and aquatic veterinary medicine business agency. Initial total damage is estimated at more than 3 billion VND.
Worryingly, many new cracks continue to appear along the river. Local authorities assess that there is still a risk of further landslides with a length of about 20-30m.
Immediately after the incident, Dam Doi commune authorities set up barriers, planted warning signs of danger, and at the same time supported people to move property and machinery out of unsafe areas.
The locality continues to monitor the diễn biến of landslides and proposes to higher levels to soon invest in landslide prevention works to protect people's lives and property.
