They have also damaged thousands of houses and thousands of hectares of crops, and killed thousands of fowls, the country's Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control said on Wednesday, Xinhua news agency reported.
The dead people included eight in central Nghe A province, five in northern Son La province, four in northern Hoa Binh province, and three in central Thanh Hoa province.
The missing people are from Thanh Hoa, Son La, Hoa Binh, central Quang Tri province and northern Yen Bai province.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, heavy rain caused big floods in Thanh Hoa and Hoa Binh, so Hoa Binh Hydroelectricity Plant had to discharge water from its reservoirs. As a result, water levels in rivers going through the two provinces kept on rising rapidly, said the committee.
(Tasnim)
11/10/17
37 dead, 40 missing in landslides, floods in Vietnam....
ReplyDeleteLandslides and floods triggered by heavy rain over the past four days in Vietnam's northern and central regions have left 37 local people dead and 40 others missing, the country's Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control said on Thursday.
They have also injured 21 local people, inundated over 16,700 houses, damaged two dikes, more than 39,300 hectares of crops, killed or swept away nearly 1,200 cattle and roughly 40,000 fowls, and caused landslides along many national roads.
The 37 dead people included 11 people in northern Hoa Binh province, eight in central Nghe An province and central Thanh Hoa province each, five in northern Son La province, four in northern Yen Bai province, and one in Hanoi capital city.
The 40 missing people are from Son La, Yen Bai, Hoa Binh, Thanh Hoa and central Quang Tri province..........http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1069947.shtml