FLASH FLOOD: more casualties in North Vietnam
Tuesday, 12. August 2008, 01:30:09
The update from Department of Dyke management & Flood and Storm control said at least 112 deaths; 81 injuries and 45 people still missing after the flash flood on Aug 9 in northern mountainous provinces of Vietnam.
The figures shown on Aug 12 morning. An official from the department said, the flood swept out 672 houses and damaged another 17,792. It also ruined 14,088 ha of rice and other agricultural products.
Water raising high in all rivers
The flood blocked several inter provincial roads cause jam for passengers. Tourist from Sapa, an attraction of Lao Cai province cannot find their way back to the capital city of Hanoi.
Helicopters are sent to Sapa to serve tourists with requirement to come back urgently. Hundreds of other passengers are blocked between damaged roads and broken railway system.
Military force is mobilized for urgent aids and rehabilitation work in the effected areas./.
The figures shown on Aug 12 morning. An official from the department said, the flood swept out 672 houses and damaged another 17,792. It also ruined 14,088 ha of rice and other agricultural products.
Water raising high in all rivers
The flood blocked several inter provincial roads cause jam for passengers. Tourist from Sapa, an attraction of Lao Cai province cannot find their way back to the capital city of Hanoi.
Helicopters are sent to Sapa to serve tourists with requirement to come back urgently. Hundreds of other passengers are blocked between damaged roads and broken railway system.
Military force is mobilized for urgent aids and rehabilitation work in the effected areas./.
WIDGETIZE
Weatherlawyer # 4. November 2008, 09:36
We never hear of anything from places like Viet Nam -not even Canada or Australia for that matter.
I wonder what is so urgent about the USA -or is it the money invested in political punditry has to make something out of the investment?
Sort of puts blogging on the map though.