The National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting has issued a warning about the risks of flashfloods and landslides in these localities over the past days. Heavy rain continued to fall in the provinces of Phu Tho and Yen Bai from 4am to 6am on July 28. Forecasters predict that there is a high risk of a spate of flashfloods and landslides in the districts of Yen Binh, Van Yen, Thanh Son and Tan Son over the next six hours. In the next three hours, flashfloods and landslides triggered by heavy rains are most likely to occur in the districts of Kim Boi and Mai Chau in Hoa Binh. … [Read more...] about Heavy rain in northern provinces brings risk of flashfloods and landslides
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Heavy rain wreaks havoc nationwide
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Heavy downpours and floods in northern mountainous and Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces over the past days have wreaked havoc. As rain is forecast to continue in the coming days, flash floods and landslides are predicted, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. According to reports from northern provinces of Bắc Kạn, Hòa Bình, Điện Biên, Sơn La, Thái Nguyên, central province of Thanh Hóa and Mekong Delta province of Long An, as of Thursday morning, downpour and floods made 124 houses collapse and inundated 174ha of paddy fields. Nearly 5,000cu.m of rocks and soil have eroded. Falling rocks killed a two-year-old girl in Hòa Bình Province’s Mai Châu District, while one person went missing and three others were injured. Điện Biên Province, one of the hardest hit, had 700 landslide spots. Three … [Read more...] about Heavy rain wreaks havoc nationwide
Mountainous schools damaged by heavy rains
Many classrooms in Thanh Hoa and Son La provinces have been ruined by heavy rains over the past two days. Floods in Son La Province Ngo Phi Hung, head of the Department of Education and Training in Quan Hoa District, Thanh Hoa Province, said on August 30 that heavy rains and landslides had destroyed many classrooms the previous day. A number of classrooms at Trung Son Primary School were buried. Hung said they had ordered to let the pupils stay at home as they would have to cross rivers and streams to get to the school so no one was at school during the incident. Teachers had to clean up the site and moved equipment to other rooms. Officials from the Department of Education and Training also arrived at the scene. Heavy rains in Quan Hoa District have caused severe landslides Tang Village and destroyed two houses on August 28. No one was hurt but most of their belongings were damaged. The rising water level in Ma River caused erosion and destroyed the house of Ha Van Thuat and … [Read more...] about Mountainous schools damaged by heavy rains
Measures urged to quickly cope with consequence of floods, heavy rains
* Heavy rains and floods cause havoc in Dien Bien, Son La The move aims to cope with the prolonged, torrential heavy rains in the regions in recent days, which have caused flash floods and serious landslides. According to the National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting, from August 29 to 31, the North and Thanh Hoa and Nghe An provinces continue to suffer from heavy rains, with an average rainfall from 150-250 mm, even as much as 250-350 mm in Hoa Binh, Phu Tho, Yen Bai, Lao Cai, Lai Chau, Dien Bien and Son La provinces. The weather service also warned of a new flood on local rivers, while the mountainous areas of the North and North Central regions are at high risk of landslides and flash floods, in addition to flooding risks in low lying areas, especially in the Northeast and the North Delta. Continuous heavy rains caused floods in many areas in Son La province, triggering landslides on Highway 6, Highway 37, Highway 4G and other provincial routes. Floods forced 33 households … [Read more...] about Measures urged to quickly cope with consequence of floods, heavy rains
North to experience heavy rains till August 31
The rainfall is expected to reach at 100mm to 200mm. From August 29 to September 1, the flooding will be able to appear on the system of Hong and Thai Binh rivers in the upper stream at 2 to 4m and downstream at 1 to 2m. The flooding will peak at warning level one on the Da, Thao, Lo and Hoang Long rivers. The possibility of landslides and flash floods will occur in the northern mountainous region including Lai Chau, Dien Bien, Son La, Hoa Binh, Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Phu Tho, Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Bac Kan and Lang Son. CAO PHONG –Translated by Van Ha Tags: heavy rains flooding flash floods landslides nothern mountainous region … [Read more...] about North to experience heavy rains till August 31