Serious natural disaster, Bac Lieu urgently directs

Heavy property damage

Dozens of solid houses in Vinh Trach commune, Bac Lieu city had their roofs blown off (Hoang Nam).

On July 27, information from the Department of Disaster Prevention, Control and Search and Rescue (PCTT&TKCN) of Bac Lieu province said that in the early morning of July 26, 2024, in Vinh Trach commune, Bac Lieu city, there was prolonged heavy rain accompanied by a tornado. The natural disaster caused 9 houses to have their roofs blown off and completely collapsed, with a total loss of more than 200 million VND.

VNPT's broadcasting tower was completely broken and fell into the river (Hoang Nam)

In addition, the tornado broke a VNPT transmission tower serving people in Vinh An and Kim Cau hamlets of Vinh Trach commune and fell into the river. Immediately after the disaster occurred, Bac Lieu City mobilized many forces to quickly go to the scene, helping people overcome the consequences and evacuate their property. At the same time, it counted the damage caused by the storm, protected property, and supported people to soon stabilize their lives.

Houses in Vinh Trach commune completely collapsed on July 26, 2024 (Hoang Nam).

Previously, on July 25, 2024, a serious landslide occurred in Dong Hai district. Accordingly, at about 2:00 a.m. on the same day, a 2.5m wide, 30m long concrete road (in Vinh Dien hamlet, Long Dien Tay commune) completely collapsed into the canal. After the landslide, traffic was completely cut off, and vehicles could not move. Although the landslide did not cause any human casualties, because the landslide location was adjacent to the aquaculture area of ​​the people, it directly threatened the shrimp pond area of ​​the people. In addition, the risk of landslides could affect the safety of the power grid, because the power poles were very close to the landslide location.

A section of rural traffic was eroded, completely cutting off traffic in Long Dien Tay commune, Dong Hai district. The area is still at risk of further landslides reaching people's shrimp farms and many electricity poles (Hoang Nam).

According to the records at the scene, a road section of over 50 m is at risk of further landslides. Initially, the cause of the landslide was determined to be due to the road section being close to the canal, with strong water flow, and landslides having occurred many times before. Immediately after the incident, Mr. Tran Tuan Kiet, Chairman of the Dong District People's Committee, inspected the scene, directed the locality to urgently mobilize forces to overcome the landslide, place warning signs, and count the extent of damage. In addition, urgently support people to reinforce points and areas at high risk of landslides, prevent landslides from spreading widely, and ensure people's assets and shrimp farming areas.

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On the afternoon of July 27, speaking with Kinh te va Do thi newspaper, Mr. Bui Thanh Toan, Director of the Department of Information and Communications of Bac Lieu province, said that Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Pham Van Thieu has just issued Document No. 2938/UBND-KT on focusing on implementing measures to overcome the consequences of tornadoes and proactively prevent natural disasters in the coming time. Accordingly, the People's Committee of Bac Lieu province requires the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, People's Committees of districts and cities in the province to closely follow the developments of weather and natural disasters to inform people to respond promptly. Request localities to proactively mobilize forces and means to be ready to rescue and help people when they occur, in order to minimize damage to people's lives and property. It is necessary to quickly review and count the damage to people to promptly implement support policies and quickly stabilize the lives of people in the area.

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