Floods in Tuyen Quang and Phu Tho leave 9 dead, 2 missing

On July 29, the Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control said that as of the afternoon of July 29, floods had killed 9 people and left 2 missing. Among these victims, 3 people were swept away by floods while crossing rivers and streams.

Specifically, on the morning of July 29, a resident of Dong Quy commune, Son Duong district, Tuyen Quang province was swept away by floodwaters and went missing. By the afternoon of the same day, the body of the missing victim had not yet been found. Currently, the commune militia and functional forces continue to search. The rain also flooded some rice and crop areas, causing landslides on some traffic routes in Tuyen Quang and Phu Tho.

Scene of landslide that killed 3 people in Yen Son district, Tuyen Quang province

According to local residents, the victim was swept away by water while collecting firewood in the stream. Heavy rain on the night of July 28 also caused landslides on many roads in Lam Binh, Son Duong, Na Hang districts... and flooded hundreds of hectares of rice and crops. On the night of July 28, heavy rain also occurred in Doan Hung, Ha Hoa, Yen Lap districts of Phu Tho province, causing local flooding of about 300m of National Highway 70, through Que Lam commune, Doan Hung district. By the morning of July 29, the water gradually receded, but it had caused landslides on a number of residential roads connecting to National Highway 70 and flooded many areas of crops.

Currently, the water level of Thao River is still high, so the sluices under the dike must be closed almost completely because the water in the fields has not been drained yet. Accordingly, the work of checking, monitoring, urging flood prevention and checking dam works has been regularly carried out since after storm No. 4 until now because of continuous rain.

According to CATP-M