Identities of 7 missing victims in the landslide in Lao Cai

Lao Cai provincial authorities have identified seven missing victims of a landslide in the early morning of September 9 in Phin Chai 2 village, A Lu commune, Bat Xat district.

During the heavy rain in the early morning of September 9, in Phin Chai 2 village, A Lu commune, Bat Xat district, a landslide occurred, leaving 7 people missing.

Many houses in Lao Cai were buried by rocks and soil (Photo: Lao Cai Television)

The missing victims belonged to 4 households in Phin Chai 2 village, A Lu commune, including: Sung A Phinh, Sung Thi Pia, Vang Thi Si, Sung Thi Minh Phung, Sung A Tua, Sung Thi Ly, and Sung A Cau.

In addition, this morning, in Trung Leng Ho commune, Bat Xat district, there was a missing victim due to a landslide, Mr. Ly A Giay - Head of Trung Ho village. It is known that Mr. Giay was participating in supporting people to move out of the landslide-prone area when he was suddenly buried by the landslide and has not been found yet.

In Den Sang commune, Bat Xat district, there was one person injured due to being swept away by the stream, Phung Lao Lo (born in 1996, a citizen of Nam Chac commune). Currently, Sung Lao Lo has been taken to the commune health station to treat his wound.

At Nam Kha 2 village, Nam Luc commune, Bac Ha district, at around 4am this morning, flash floods from a stream flooded into a house, causing Dang Van Son (born 2001, local) to die.

Authorities 'race' against landslides to rescue people.

As of 7 a.m. this morning, in Bac Ha district, 15 households were recorded to have had their houses damaged by landslides, including: 1 household in Bao Nhai; 2 households in Thai Giang; 2 households in Ban Lien; 1 household in Nam Khanh; 1 household in Coc Lau; and 8 households in Nam Luc.

According to information from the Lao Cai Province Hydrometeorological Station, at 9:15 a.m. on September 9, the Red River in Lao Cai City and Bao Ha Commune (Bao Yen District), Chay River in Bao Yen District, Nghia Do Stream in Vinh Yen Commune (Bao Yen District), and Nhu Stream in Van Ban are experiencing complicated developments.

In the past 12 hours, floods on the Red River in Bao Ha, Lao Cai, Chay River in Bao Yen, and Nghia Do stream in Vinh Yen continued to rise rapidly due to the impact of heavy rain in the basin combined with flood discharge regulation of upstream reservoirs.

Floods on rivers and streams are forecast to continue to rise rapidly.

Floods on rivers and streams are forecast to continue to rise rapidly.

On September 9, the Chairman of Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee issued a Decision to declare a natural disaster emergency in the area and issued a dispatch on focusing on measures to prevent, combat and overcome damage caused by storm No. 3 ( Yagi ).

According to a quick report, due to the influence of storm No. 3 (storm Yagi), from the night of September 7 to September 8, the province had rain, moderate rain, and in some places heavy rain over a wide area causing flooding, landslides, and flash floods that killed 6 people, injured 9 people due to landslides, and affected and damaged 50 houses (Sa Pa 19 houses, Bao Thang 13, Van Ban 18 houses).

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