Phu Tho devastated after Storm Son Tinh
VOV.VN - Flash floods triggered by storm Son Tinh have caused severe damage to the northern province of Phu Tho, leaving two people dead, 1 missing and thousands of hectares of subsidiary crops destroyed.
In Tan Son district, 79 households had to be evacuated to safer areas. Eleven houses collapsed completely, while a bridge linking Van Luong and Minh Dai commune was swept away. |
Functional forces face difficulties in the search for the missing person as there are serious landslides blocking many routes, especially those to Xuan Dai, Vinh Tien and Thu Cuc communes. |
Hundreds of cubic metres of mud and stone cover a path in Lai Dong commune. |
A suspension bridge was destroyed in Storm Son Tinh, leaving many households isolated in Ben Gao hamlet, Van Luong commune. |
Phu Tho provincial leaders are on the scene of a heavily flooded area in Tan Son district. |
A living room is caked in mud after floodwaters recede. |
Secretary of provincial Phu Tho Party Committee Hoang Dan Mac directs rescue activities to deal with the consequences of Storm Son Tinh in Van Luong commune. He asks Tan Son district to work on rebuilding the damaged bridges next month. |