Coping with heavy rain and landslides in the North

Due to the impact of prolonged heavy rain, on June 20, many serious landslides occurred in the northern mountainous region, causing traffic jams and posing the risk of flash floods and landslides.

On the morning of June 20, National Highway 4D Lai Chau - Lao Cai was completely paralyzed due to a landslide at Km76+650.

In Lai Chau province, a landslide occurred at Km76+650 of National Highway 4D, the section connecting Lai Chau and Lao Cai , causing the road to be completely blocked. The Traffic Police Department - Lai Chau Provincial Police said that it had temporarily fixed the situation so that motorbikes could pass through this area, while cars had to change direction.

In Bac Kan province, on the same day, a landslide also occurred at Km120 on the road bypassing Na Phac town (Ngan Son district), forcing authorities to temporarily close the road. Previously, in Bach Thong and Ngan Son districts (Bac Kan province), there was a very heavy rain on June 19. The Vu Muon - Kim Hy road had many landslides, deep subsidence, and was heavily damaged by the rain.

According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, by the afternoon of June 20, many northern provinces, such as Ha Giang, Thai Nguyen, Bac Giang, Bac Ninh, etc., continued to experience very heavy rain. In the delta, the water level downstream of the Red River - Thai Binh River system is changing slowly.

From the night of June 20 to June 22, the upper reaches of Thao River, Lo River and small rivers in the North are likely to experience a flood with an amplitude of 2-4m. The mountainous and midland areas of the North are likely to experience moderate to heavy rain, with some places experiencing very heavy rain with common rainfall of 50-120mm, some places may exceed 300mm.

On the same afternoon, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment Nguyen Hoang Hiep sent a document to the People's Committees of the northern mountainous provinces, requesting responses to this rain.

ANGEL

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/ung-pho-mua-lon-sat-lo-o-phia-bac-post800335.html