Lam Dong: Teacher swept away by floodwaters on her way home from school

At 4:00 a.m. this morning (October 28), authorities found the body of Nguyen Thi Hong Bao Han (born in 1999, residing in Lam Tuyen 2 village, D'Ran commune, Lam Dong province), a teacher at Ka Do 2 Primary School.

Before that, at around 5:30 p.m. on October 27, on her way home from school, when she reached Gian Dan village, D'Ran commune, she encountered a flood of water flowing across the road. Ms. Han turned back, parked her motorbike at a nearby house, and called her husband to pick her up.

After that, Ms. Han waded through the large area of ​​water that was flowing across the road to the place where she had arranged to meet her husband. While crossing the stream, she unfortunately stepped into the deep water. The victim was swept into the stream and went missing.

Upon receiving the news, the People's Committee of D'Ran commune mobilized local forces and coordinated with the Fire Prevention and Rescue Police Department of Lam Dong Provincial Police to urgently search for the victim.

At 4am this morning, Ms. Han's body was found by authorities about 500m from the accident site.

In recent days, Lam Dong province has been experiencing prolonged heavy rains, causing flooding and landslides in many localities. Last night (October 27), a series of locations on Song Pha Pass, connecting Lam Dong and Khanh Hoa, National Highway 28 connecting Lam Dong and the old Binh Thuan province and National Highway 20 were hit by landslides and flooding, causing serious traffic jams.

Prolonged heavy rain caused flooding in many areas of Lam Dong province.

Authorities had to work through the night to regulate traffic, clear rocks and soil, and ensure safety for people and vehicles passing through the area.

Heavy rains also caused many residential areas in Hiep Thanh commune, Ham Liem commune, Phan Thiet ward… in Lam Dong province to be deeply submerged in water, causing damage to houses, property and crops of the people. In these localities, functional forces were present in time to support people to evacuate people and property to safety.

Source: https://cand.com.vn/doi-song/lam-dong-co-giao-di-day-ve-bi-nuoc-lu-cuon-troi-i786094/