Yen Bai: mountainous Tram Tau district faces landslide risk
Tram Tau district in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai is facing a high risk of landslides due to lingering rains from the beginning of this year and the devastating floods on October 10-11.
The recent downpours and floods left 13 people dead and missing, injured seven others, and destroyed 130 houses, along with roads and bridges in Tram Tau district, Yen Bai province (Source: VNA)
Yen Bai (VNA) – Tram Tau district in thenorthern mountainous province of Yen Bai is facing a high risk of landslidesdue to lingering rains from the beginning of this year and the devastatingfloods on October 10-11.
Although 60 households in the locality were evacuated, many others still live inlandslide-prone areas due to a lack of land for their resettlement.
The recent downpours and floods left 13 people dead and missing, injured sevenothers, and destroyed 130 houses, along with roads and bridges in Tram Taudistrict.
The natural disaster have also eroded concreteroads, caused long cracks on several mountains and damaged houses and schoolsin Hat hamlet, Hat Luu commune, Tram Tau district, sparking concerns amonglocals.
Yen Bai has reported 18 deaths, 10 people missing and nine othersinjured in the recent downpours and floods. Nearly 2,000 houses were damagedwhile more than 140 households were evacuated due to landslides and flashfloods.
Floods also devastated more than 900ha of crops,tens of thousands of livestock and poultry, and over 42ha of aquaculture area.Total damage was estimated at over 700 billion VND (30.8 million USD).-VNA
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The recent downpours and floods left 13 people dead and missing, injured seven others, and destroyed 130 houses, along with roads and bridges in Tram Tau district, Yen Bai province (Source: VNA) 
