Northern mountainous provinces actively respond to flash floods and landslides

2023-06-25 09:00:00

Commune police help people to cross underground Tan Long spillway, Coc My commune, Bat Xat district (Lao Cai). Documentary photo: Hong Ninh/VNA

The content of the Official Dispatch stated that, in recent days, in the northern mountainous area, heavy to very heavy rain (commonly from 150-250mm, in some places over 250mm), causing landslides, flash floods, flooding and damage to people, infrastructure, houses, production of people. According to a bulletin from the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting, from June 25-27, the northern mountainous region will continue to have heavy rain, some places with very heavy rain, the risk of flash floods, landslide in mountainous areas and inundation in low-lying areas.

In order to proactively respond to and minimize damage caused by heavy rain and the risk of flash floods and landslides, the National Steering Committee proposed the Commanding Committees for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control and Search and Rescue in the mountainous provinces in the north of the country. The North urgently implements the close monitoring of forecasts, warnings and timely information for authorities and people at all levels to proactively prevent. Local functional units mobilize forces to assist people in overcoming consequences and stabilizing their lives; deploying shock forces to inspect and review residential areas along rivers, streams, low-lying areas with high risk of floods, flash floods and landslides to proactively organize relocation and evacuation people to a safe place, and at the same time ready forces and means to rescue and rescue when required.

The Vietnam News Agency, Vietnam Television, Voice of Vietnam and other mass media agencies have increased their coverage of heavy rains to authorities and people at all levels to proactively prevent them.

The above-mentioned units organize serious duty and regularly report to the Standing Office of the National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control and the Office of the National Committee for Incident and Disaster Response and Search and Rescue. problem.