Phu Tho issues alert number 1 on Thao River

Accordingly, at 3:00 a.m. on August 9   At Am Thuong Hydrological Station on Thao River (Ha Hoa), the water level has reached 24.55m, 0.05m above alarm level I, and the water level is expected to continue to rise slowly.

The Provincial Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue has issued an alert No. 1 to the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue of the districts: Ha Hoa, Thanh Ba, Cam Khe and Phu Tho Irrigation Works Exploitation One Member Co., Ltd., requesting the deployment of forces, materials, and means according to the prescribed alarm levels; increase patrols, guarding, detecting any incidents and damage to dikes, embankments, culverts, pumping stations and taking timely measures; operating culverts and pumping stations along the river according to procedures, ensuring safety.

The landslide is getting bigger and bigger, sweeping away many areas of crops, threatening the lives of people in Ban Nguyen commune.

In addition, due to the influence of the rapid flow, the flow regime of Thao River changed, the riverbed in Ban Nguyen commune, Lam Thao district, Phu Tho province was deeply eroded, causing serious landslides on the bank and the collapse of the Thao river dike in Ban Nguyen commune, Lam Thao district.

The total length of the landslide is about 655m, of which about 355m of Ban Nguyen embankment has been eroded, this is the embankment protecting more than 1,000 households of Ban Nguyen and Vinh Lai communes, Lam Thao district. Currently, there are many long-term landslides in the area with the risk of continued severe landslides.

If not handled promptly, it will threaten the safety of the dike system and the lives and property of the people. In the immediate future, to ensure the safety of people's lives and property, the authorities and people of Vinh Lai and Ban Nguyen communes have put up warning signs not to allow people and livestock to enter the landslide area; deployed forces to monitor the development of the landslide situation, implemented zoning measures, and took measures to ensure the safety of the people.

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