HANOI, July 24, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) — Downpour, flash floods and landslides
sparkled by Typhoon Son Tinh have left 27 people dead, seven missing and 26
injured in Vietnam’s central and northern regions, the Central Steering
Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control said on Tuesday
morning.
Among the 27 deaths, 13 were from northern Yen Bai province, six from
northern Son La province, three from northern Phu Tho province and central
Thanh Hoa province each, and one from northern Lao Cai and Hoa Binh provinces
each.
Among the seven people listed as missing, four were from Yen Bai, two from
Thanh Hoa, and one from Phu Tho. Most of the injured people are from Yen Bai.
The natural disasters also destroyed 243 houses and inundated over 6,900
houses, killed 6,500 cattle and roughly 115,000 poultry, damaged 6,200
hectares of aquaculture ponds, and inundated 81,000 hectares of rice in the
two regions, said the committee.
According to Vietnam’s National Center for Hydro-meteorological
Forecasting, due to a tropical depression, the northern localities of Lang
Son, Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Cao Bang, Ha Giang, Lao Cai, Yen Bai and Lai Chau
will experience heavy rain and strong winds on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Flash floods and landslides may occur in several northern mountainous
provinces.