19 more victims at Rao Trang 3 hydropower plant hospitalised
Rescuers managed to bring 19 victims, including one fatality, from the Rao Trang 4 hydropower plant in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue to hospital on the afternoon of October 14, while rescue efforts continue at the Rao Trang 3 hydropower plant.
Rescuers bring the victims to the hospital (Photo: VNA)
Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) - Rescuers managed tobring 19 victims, including one fatality, from the Rao Trang 4 hydropower plantin the central province of Thua Thien-Hue to hospital on the afternoon of October14, while rescue efforts continue at the Rao Trang 3 hydropower plant.
A team from the public security force of ThuaThien-Hue used boats and canoes to transport supplies through the Huong Dienhydropower reservoir in Huong Binh commune, Phong Dien district, to workersstuck at the Rao Trang 4 hydropower plant.
Victims have been admitted to Military Hospital 268and the Phong Dien General Hospital.
Meanwhile, at about 12.30 pm on October 14, a team ofrescuers reached the site of the Song Bo forest rangers’ office, where 13members of a working team went missing after the building was buried in landslides.
Rescuers have mobilised sniffer dogs to support searchefforts.
On the morning of October 14, a Mi-171E helicopter of theAir Defence-Air Force departed Phu Bai Airport in Thua Thien-Hue for Rao Trang3, to drop off foodstuffs, medicines, and supplies.
According to Major General Pham Truong Son, ViceCommander of the Air Defence-Air Force, a second flight to Rao Trang 3 will beconducted if the weather conditions are suitable.
The Rao Trang 3 and 4 hydropower plants have beenisolated by flooding and landslidessince October 12. On the evening of October 13, Nguyen Dai Thanh, director ofthe Rao Trang 3 hydropower plant, confirmed three deaths linked to landslideson October 12.
A 21-strong search and rescue team, including local officials and the military,were also hit by a landslide on their way to Rao Trang 3 on October 13, leaving13 missing, while eight others managed to escape.
Seventeen workers at Rao Trang 3 are also missing after the landslide. About 40workers there have been safely moved to the Rao Trang 4 plant, whic🀅h w﷽asreached on the evening of October 13 by a team from the provincial.Five severely injured people were rushed to hospital./.
Floods triggered by torrential rains in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue have claimed six lives and left three people missing and seven injured, the provincial Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Search, and Rescue reported on October 13.
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has required mobilizing all available forces and means to search for and rescue 30 people missing in connection with the landslides at Rao Trang 3 hydropower plant in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.
Search and rescue teams are approaching the landslide site at Rao Trang 3 hydropower plant in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue by water and by road on October 14.
Localities have been urged to quickly evacuate people from coastal areas, call on vessels at sea to seek shelter, and take coercive measures where necessary to brace for Storm Nangka, which is forecast to hit the northern and central regions on the afternoon of October 14.
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Rescuers bring the victims to the hospital (Photo: VNA) 
