Lao Cai: Floods cause a lot of damage to property and crops

NDO - Due to the influence of the low pressure trough being compressed and gradually moving southwards by the Northern continental high pressure with an axis through the North, combined with the high-altitude wind convergence zone, from the night of May 22 to May 23, Lao Cai province will have moderate, heavy and very heavy rain. Heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorms and whirlwinds has caused damage to housing and agricultural production in some places.

Báo Nhân dân•23/05/2025

According to a quick report from Van Ban and Bao Thang districts, the initial preliminary damage situation is as follows: The total damaged area of crops is about 1.61 hectares, of which the damaged rice area is 0.61 hectares and the damaged cinnamon area is 0.6 hectares.

Nam Ma-Ta Chu road has a landslide on the negative slope 1 at one location, about 25m long, and the landslide is about 0.5m deep into the road surface; Nam Trang road has a landslide on the negative slope 1 at one location, about 15m long, and the landslide is about 0.5m deep into the road surface.

In particular, due to heavy rain, the floodwaters rushed to Sim San stream and washed away the temporary Sim San bridge in Y Ty commune (Bat Xat). Currently, the three villages of Sim San 1, Sim San 2, and Hong Ngai are temporarily isolated; estimated damage is over 550 million VND.

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Floods appear in Sa Pa.

The Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Control and Search and Rescue of Van Ban, Bao Thang, Bat Xat, Sa Pa districts... has directed specialized agencies and People's Committees of communes and towns to organize inspections and statistics on damage, direct local forces to help households with damage to agriculture and forestry and clear roads to ensure safety for travelers and stabilize people's lives.

To be proactive in preventing and responding to all situations that may be caused by natural disasters in order to minimize damage, the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention of districts, towns and cities directs communes, wards and towns to strengthen the direction of people to tie, reinforce and reinforce houses, cut down trees that are at risk of causing damage to houses, infrastructure works and traffic, in order to minimize damage caused by natural disasters. Organize 24/7 on-duty, regularly monitor and grasp the weather situation to warn people and prevent.

Absolutely do not let people stay overnight in the fields, do not do outdoor activities when there are thunderstorms, hail, lightning, to minimize damage caused by thunderstorms, tornadoes...

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