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Yen Bai exerts all efforts to search for missing people after flood

Yen Bai is taking maximum efforts to search for missing people after a historical flash flood recently swept through the locality, said Do Duc Duy, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee.
Yen Bai exerts all efforts to search for missing people after flood ảnh 1All local resources including army soldiers, police, militias and local residents have been mobilised to join the efforts. (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The northern mountainousprovince of Yen Bai is taking maximum efforts to search for missing peopleafter a historical flash flood recently swept through the locality, said Do DucDuy, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee.

All local resources including army soldiers, police, militias and localresidents have been mobilised to join the efforts.

Machines have been deployed to clear landslideareas to ensure traffic flows while locals and their assets have been evacuatedfrom affected and vulnerable areas, he said, stressing the need to enhancemonitoring and supervision to promptly take measures against landslides,erosion and floods.

Dinh Van Thoan, chief police of Son Ancommune, Van Chan district said 100 local people were mobilised to helpsoldiers to look for the five missing.

Yen Bai reported 18 deaths, 10 missingand nine others injured in the recent downpours and floods. Nearly 2,000 houseswere damaged while more than 140 families had to evacuate due to landslides andflash floods. 

Floods also devastated more than 900ha of crops, tens of thousands of livestockand poultry, and over 42ha of aquaculture area. Total damage was estimated atover 700 billion VND (30.8 million USD).-VNA
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