Nghe An still has more than 60,000 people isolated due to floods

(QNgTV) - By the evening of July 25, the authorities recorded that 16 mountainous communes with more than 13,000 households and 61,000 people were isolated due to the impact of storm Wipha causing landslides and flash floods.

Flooding in Anh Son district (old) is getting more and more serious.

According to the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Search and Rescue and Civil Defense of Nghe An province, of these, 3 communes were completely isolated: Huu Kiem, Nhon Mai, Muong Tip (former Ky Son district).

These are particularly difficult communes, with mountainous terrain and interspersed with rivers and streams, and are mainly inhabited by ethnic minorities. The 13 communes are partially isolated and can still communicate with the outside world, but people have to walk through the forest and wade across rivers and streams to reach other areas.

To date, Nghe An province has recorded 4 deaths due to being swept away by floodwaters while traveling in heavy rains and buried by rocks and soil during landslides. Currently, a 6-year-old girl in Bac Ly commune is still missing and has not been found.

1,170 houses in mountainous communes were completely collapsed or damaged, with roofs blown off when rising water caused flooding, flash floods and landslides.

Source: https://quangngaitv.vn/nghe-an-con-hon-60-000-nguoi-bi-co-lap-do-mua-lu-6505336.html