Torrential rains, flash floods ravage Lao Cai: 11 dead and missing

VOV.VN - Torrential downpours and flash floods have hit the northern province of Lao Cai, leaving 11 dead and missing. 

Nguyen Anh Tuan, director of Lao Cai province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development told VOV on August 5 that floods have submerged several roads in the city.

People are warned not to stand on the Quang Kim-Bat Xat bridge, which are threatened with collapse.

Traffic police stop vehicles from moving on Highway 4D to Sapa.

 Several sections of Highway 4D are submerged in deep water and traffic is paralysed.

The floating restaurant on the Red River was swept away by floods.


Vehicles find it difficult to move in heavy flood.

Bat Xat district is isolated as the road is inaccessible. 

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