The Dak Nong Provincial Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Control and Search and Rescue announced on July 31 that many areas have been flooded following prolonged heavy rains.
More than 90 houses have been flooded in Gia Nghia City, and two districts of Tuy Duc, and Dak Rlap, the committee reported.
In Dak Glong District, 25 houses have been isolated and local authorities had evacuated all residents here to safe areas on Monday.
The floods have also damaged over 150 hectares of crops. Many roads have also been damaged and blocked by landslides.
Two hydropower plants in Gia Nghia City, the Dak R’Tih and Dak Nong 2, also faced landslides in some areas. The Dak Nong 2 plant had to temporarily suspend operation for repair work.
Many localities in the southern and Central Highlands region have faced serious flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rains following Storm Doksuri.
A serious landslide happened at a section of Bao Loc Pass, part of National Highway 20, in Lam Dong Province on July 30, burying a traffic police station with four people trapped inside. The bodies of three traffic police officers and one civilian have been found at the site.
Lam Dong authorities said that there were 163 sites that had suffered or were prone to landslides across the province at present. Authorities are working to evacuate residents in vulnerable areas.
According to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting, heavy rains would continue in the region this week with average rainfall of between 50-150 mm per day.
