The storm destroyed crops and killed almost 20,000 cattle and poultry
26 July 2024
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Flash floods and landslides triggered by tropical storm Prapiroon have killed no less than 10 folks and left 9 lacking this week in northern Vietnam, the federal government’s catastrophe administration company mentioned on Friday.
The storm that made landfall in Quang Ninh on Tuesday has introduced torrential rains to a lot of the nation’s north over the previous few days, with rainfall exceeding 300 mm (11.8 inches) in a number of components, in line with the company.
The deaths embrace seven in Son La province, two in Dien Bien province and one within the capital Hanoi, in line with the company.
Photographs on state media confirmed flood waters had risen to the roofs of a whole bunch of homes in Dien Bien Bien province and washed away or buried roads within the space.
Floods and landslides have additionally inundated almost 30,000 hectares of rice and money crops and killed almost 20,000 farmed cattle and poultry, the company mentioned.
Rains have subsided in northern Vietnam, in line with the nationwide climate company, which forecasts a brand new heatwave within the space over the subsequent days.
