325 people died and missing
According to information from the Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), by noon on September 12, floods caused by storm No. 3 had left at least 325 people dead and missing.
Lao Cai is the locality that suffered the greatest loss of life, with 82 dead and 95 missing. Next is Cao Bang: 52 people, Yen Bai: 44 people, Quang Ninh: 15 people, Phu Tho: 10 people...
Many other localities also recorded people killed or missing due to floods such as: Hai Phong, Hai Duong, Hoa Binh, Lang Son, Tuyen Quang, Bac Giang, Ha Giang, Son La, Vinh Phuc, Thai Nguyen and Hanoi.
Floods caused by storm No. 3 also damaged 130,268 houses. Many shops, offices, and schools had their roofs blown off or damaged; many advertising signs, telecommunication poles, and mobile broadcasting stations were broken or fell; urban trees were uprooted and scattered along the streets in Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Hai Duong, and Hanoi...
The entire Northern region recorded 57,857 flooded houses; about 195,929 hectares of rice were flooded; 35,010 hectares of crops were damaged; 22,237 hectares of fruit trees were damaged; 1,791 aquaculture cages were swept away; 2,502 livestock and 1,523,345 poultry died...
Information from the Department of Dyke Management, Flood and Storm Prevention, and Irrigation of the Northern provinces and cities shows that 70 dike incidents have occurred on rivers. Of these, 30 incidents occurred on dikes of level III or higher and 40 incidents occurred on dikes below level III.
Do not be subjective with the development of floods and rains.
Faced with severe damage caused by floods, the Prime Minister issued a Decision to provide emergency support of VND 100 billion from the central budget reserve in 2024 to five localities to overcome the consequences of storm No. 3. Specifically, Nam Dinh VND 20 billion, Thai Binh VND 30 billion, Hai Duong VND 20 billion, Yen Bai VND 20 billion, Hung Yen VND 10 billion.
In recent days, leaders of the Government, ministries, and localities have directly inspected, assessed the situation, and directed the work of overcoming the consequences of natural disasters in localities. They visited and encouraged families whose relatives unfortunately died in the historic floods that are taking place...
The Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention maintains 24/7 duty; advises, directs, and deploys flood response; organizes the urgent sending of 9.3 million "Urgent Flood News" messages to high-risk areas for people in 14 provinces and cities and 7.2 million "Safety Warnings against Flash Floods and Landslides" messages to people in 17 provinces/cities.
To minimize damage caused by natural disasters in the coming days, Deputy Director of the Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention Vu Xuan Thanh emphasized that provinces and cities in the Northern and North Central regions need to continue to closely monitor the developments of floods and rains to proactively deploy response measures.
In addition, localities strictly implement the Prime Minister's instructions in official dispatches on focusing on responding to and overcoming the consequences of storms, floods, and ensuring the safety of dykes on rivers in the North, especially the Red River - Thai Binh River system.
On the morning of September 12, the Northern Delta, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An continued to record rain, with general rainfall ranging from 15 - 30mm, locally over 50mm. It is expected that during the day and night of September 12, other places in the North will have rain ranging from 10 - 30mm, locally over 50mm. Natural disasters are still very complicated.
Source: https://kinhtedothi.vn/mien-bac-thiet-hai-nang-ne-trong-dot-mua-lu-lich-su.html
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