Vietnam has recorded 250 flash floods and landslides from 2000 through 2014, which left 646 dead or missing and 351 injuries nationwide, a report said.
The report was released by the Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control.
Landslide in Ha Giang Province in June (Photo: VietNamNet)
According to the report, such natural calamities swept away 9,700 houses, flooded over 100,000, inundated over 75,000 hectares of rice fields as well as damaged hundreds of hectares of agricultural land and infrastructure. Property losses are estimated to have been over VND3.3 trillion (USD155.4 million).
Some major flash floods that caused large damages include that occurred in Ha Tinh Province on September 20, 2002. That flood left 53 dead or missing and 111 injuries. In 2005, in Yen Bai Province there was another that killed 50.
Since the beginning of this year, there have also been several flash floods, causing significant loss of life and property damage.
The committee’s assessment was that the heavy damage caused by flash floods and landslides was mainly the result of the unpreparedness of local authorities and residents. They proposed that the government allocate funds towards the evacuation of disaster-prone areas as well as resettlement.
They also suggested the government support search and rescue teams with equipment and the installation of flood warning systems.
Đăng ký: VietNam News
