Many villages in the mountainous district of Tuong Duong are isolated.

Mr. Le Hong Thai - Secretary of the Party Committee of Tam Hop border commune, Tuong Duong district said: The circulation of storm No. 4 has caused continuous heavy rain over a large area in the commune and neighboring communes, starting from the afternoon of September 28. Accordingly, water from rivers and streams rose, flooding the spillway located right at the gateway to Tam Hop commune, which is the only route for people of Tam Hop commune to go to the district center. Therefore, all villages of Tam Hop commune were isolated.

To ensure the safety of students, schools in the area have given students a day off. Currently, the local government has assigned forces to be on duty to prevent people from passing through this dangerous area.

Xop Coc village spillway, Yen Thang commune is seriously flooded. Photo: Dinh Tuan

Similarly, in two inner villages of Yen Thang commune, Xop Coc and Tat village,isolatedfrom September 28 to present.

The route from Trung Thang village, Yen Thang commune to Xop Coc village and Tat village has 2 spillways, one at the beginning of Xop Coc village, one at the end of Tat village. Every time it rains, the water in Chon stream rises very quickly, causing the 2 villages in this area to be isolated, all trading activities of the people are completely cut off. It is known that Xop Coc village and Tat village, Yen Thang commune have about 200 households with about 800 people.

Route 543c (Yen Tinh to Huu Khuong commune) has many landslides and burials. Photo: Lo Kham Kha

A representative of the local government of Yen Thang commune said that because the Chon stream is quite wide, whenever the water rises, it is very dangerous for people to pass through, potentially causing a risk to their lives and property. Therefore, the local government has set up checkpoints to prohibit people from passing through.

In addition, the spillway in Con Muong village, Luu Kien commune is also flooded, isolating Xoong Con and Luu Phong villages.

Support for relocation of assets for households in Xieng My commune. Photo: Lo Kham Kha

Currently, the local government of Luu Kien commune is mobilizing machinery to fix the flooding problem at the spillway bridge in Con Muong village. Photo: Dinh Tuan

According to data from the PCTT-TKCN Command Committee of Tuong Duong district: As of 5:00 p.m. on September 29, 57 houses in the district were affected (in there:4 houses were urgently evacuated, 30 houses had landslides, 24 houses were at risk of landslides; 33 livestock and poultry were killed or swept away; 28.38 hectares of pure rice and 0.8 hectares of crops were broken; 1 school; 1 commune People's Committee, 2 cultural houses, 8 spillways were flooded and many traffic routes were eroded.

Comrade Nguyen Van Hai - Secretary of Tuong Duong District Party Committee inspected and urged the landslide recovery work in Luong Minh commune. Photo: Lo Kham Kha

Comrade Phan Duc Son - Deputy Secretary, Chairman of Tuong Duong District People's Committee inspected and urged the work of overcoming the consequences of landslides on Highway 543C. Photo: Lo Kham Kha

In recent days, the leaders of the District Party Committee and the People's Committee of Tuong Duong district have urged and directed localities to deploy response and recovery work, and at the same time directed the District Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue to directly go to the damaged localities to direct the People's Committees of the communes to mobilize local forces to support the recovery of damages, especially households with damaged houses.