Localities suffer great losses from natural disasters
The Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control’s Office on August 6 reported that so far, Storm Wipha has claimed 10 lives and left 11 people missing, destroyed 91 houses and caused great property losses.
Hanoi (VNA) – The Central Steering Committee onNatural Disaster Prevention and Control’s Office on August 6 reported that sofar, Storm Wipha has claimed 10 lives and left 11 people missing, destroyed 91houses and caused great property losses.
The central province of Thanh Hoa was the hardest hit withfive deaths and 10 missing. In Sa Na village, Na Meo commune of Quan Sondistrict alone, floodwater swept out 21 houses.
As of August 6, total property losses in the province wereestimated at 136 billion VND (5.8 million USD).
Storm Wipha, the third affecting Vietnam so far this year,attacked northern and central localities from July 31 to August 3.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued a document askingministries, sectors and localities to focus on overcoming the aftermath of thedisaster.
On August 5, 200 packages of instant noodle and five tonnesof rice were supplied to locals in Quan Son, while 200 officers and soldiers aswell as health staff were sent to the locality to support affected people.
Meanwhile, the northern province of Yen Bai has basicallydealt with the storm’s consequences, finishing the evacuation of people inrisky areas to safer places.
The northern province of Hoa Binh has calculated the totalloss at about 10 billion VND.
In the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau, heavy rains andwhirlwind killed one person and injured another, while blowing away the roof ofnearly 600 houses. High tide submerged 1,840 houses, one school, 2,540m of roads,while landslides damaged 62m of river banks and affected many households. Totalloss is estimated at over 22 billion VND.
The province has mobilised forces and vehicles to inspectand reinforce coastal dyke system and prevent landslides.
In Kien Giang province, 200 houses were damaged and 63 otherssubmerged in floodwater. As many as 188 officers and soldiers were sent tolocalities to help evacuate locals.
In Soc Trang province, authorities have assisted locals overcomeaftermaths of heavy rains, whirlwinds and high tide which damaged many houses,dykes and farms.-VNA
More than 294,000 customers of the power sector suffered blackouts as power went out in northern localities of Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Bac Giang, Hung Yen and Hanoi on August 3 due to storm Wipha, which landed in Quang Ninh on August 2 evening.
One person was dead while 15 others went missing in the north central province of Thanh Hoa early August 3 due to landslides and floods triggered by rains brought by storm Wipha, which landed in northern Vietnam the previous night.
Rescuers on August 4 managed to reach Sa Na village in Na Meo commune in Quan Son district of the central Thanh Hoa province, which was isolated by floodwater from August 3 due to impacts of Wipha, the third storm hitting the country this year.
Five people have died and 14 remain missing as storm Wipha brought torrential rains and strong wind to northern and north central localities for several days from August 1.
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Rescuers help a victim in Thanh Hoa (Photo: VNA) 
