Flash floods hit Lao Cai province

Flash floods hit the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on August 2, killing one and injuring at least four others.

The floods, caused by torrential rains throughout the north-western region, swept away six houses, destroyed a school, and submerged more than 20 hectares of crops in Cua Cai and Na An hamlets, Muong Vi commune, Bat Xat district.

The Director of the Lao Cai provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Ma Quang Trung, who is also deputy head of the Lao Cai provincial board for flood and storm prevention and control, said the flash floods occurred during the daytime so people had time to react and minimise property and human losses.

After the disaster, the Lao Cai provincial board for flood and storm prevention and control and the Bat Xat district People’s Committee sent a delegation to Muong Vi commune to provide disaster relief, inspect the situation, and help local people restore their community. The only dead victim’s family was given VND3 million, while each of the injured victims received VND1 million, and each family who lost their house, VND10 million.