Border province Lang Son cut off by severe floods
(VOV) - Although typhoon Rammasun has gone, continued torrential rains caused widespread flooding in the northern border province of Lang Son, bringing all daily activities to a halt.
Heavy downpours triggered the Ky Cung River water levels to rise quickly and spill over the bank, inundating hundreds of houses lying along the river and more than 300ha of rice and other subsidiary crops.
Five communes Loc Thon, Khuat Xa, Tu Doan, Tu Mich and Dong Luc, and Loc Binh town of Binh Loc district were totally cut off by flooding.
Hoang Van Hien, an agriculture official of Binh Loc district, said if rain continues to fall in a couple of days, there will be historic flooding in the locality.
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| Parts of Lang Son city are deep under water (Photo:TNO) |
Torrential rains also caused stream water levels in the bustling town of Dong Dang in Cao Loc district to rise quickly, submerging dozens of homes and a large area of subsidiary crops.
Flooding also occurred in parts of Lang Son city. Many streets are deep under water. Rescue workers used motorised boats to move people in flooded areas to higher grounds.
According to a national weather forecast, water levels of the Ky Cung River were 0.75m above the third alert level – the highest in the three-level warning system - at 09.00 am on July 20, and they are likely to exceed the third alert level by 1.5m in the evening.
Soldiers were dispatched to flooded areas to help with rescue work.