In the late afternoon of August 5, in an exchange with Lao Dong Newspaper, Mr. Tran Quoc Tuan - Chairman of Lam Thuong Commune People's Committee said that prolonged heavy rain in recent days has caused many landslides on the only road leading to Tan Phuong and Khieng Khung villages, causing hundreds of households to be temporarily isolated.
According to Mr. Tuan, on the night of August 3, due to the impact of prolonged heavy rain, many positive taluy points on the road experienced landslides with large volumes of soil and rock due to weak geological foundation.
Right on the morning of August 4, local authorities deployed the "4 on-site" motto, mobilizing police, militia, commune officials and excavators and motorized vehicles to urgently clear soil and rocks, clear waterways, and handle small landslide points to ensure traffic.
Specifically at the large landslide point on the top of the slope between Kheo Lanh and Tan Phuong villages, the locality has mobilized excavators and many personnel to work continuously to soon restore the road, creating conditions for people to travel.
However, by the night of August 4 and early morning of August 5, heavy rain continued to pour down, causing another location on the same route to suddenly experience serious landslides.
The new landslide point is about 40m away from the just-overcome location, with an estimated volume of more than 1,000m3 of soil and rock, filling the entire road surface.
The incident caused the road to continue to be completely cut off, causing 455 households with more than 2,000 people in the old Tan Phuong commune area to fall into temporary isolation.
During the time the road is blocked, cases of emergencies can only be walked through the landslide area to get out.
According to reporters' records, this road is about 3km long, passing through an area with weak geology, high slopes and landslides often occur every time heavy rain occurs for a long time.
Soil and rocks from the positive slope continuously overflow onto the road surface, posing a potential risk of unsafety and causing traffic disruption.
Faced with complicated weather developments, local authorities have deployed standing forces at key locations to put up warning signs, guide people not to pass through dangerous areas when it rains heavily, and closely monitor landslide developments to promptly handle them.
Immediately after assessing the current situation, the commune mobilized maximum forces and machinery to urgently overcome it in order to quickly clear the route.
Up to now, the road has been reopened to traffic, serving people's travel. However, the locality continues to monitor because the risk of landslides is still high if rain continues," Mr. Tran Quoc Tuan informed.
