Cracks more than a meter wide and hundreds of meters long in Ngam village, Song Pe commune, Bac Yen district.

Due to the influence of storm circulation No. 3 (YAGI) in 2024, from the night of September 6 to September 11, Muong La district had heavy to very heavy rain and very heavy thunderstorms with common rainfall from 80 - 335mm, some places were very high such as: Pu Danh 630.4mm, Ngoc Chien 503.8mm. Heavy rain and landslides left 1 person missing, about 90 houses damaged, infrastructure and agricultural production were seriously damaged.

In Ngam village, Song Pe commune, Bac Yen district, since 2018, cracks have appeared in the hilly area above the residential area, causing landslides that directly affect 88 households in the village. Due to the impact of the circulation of storm No. 3, which caused heavy and prolonged rain; the cracks have been developing rapidly, with water appearing in many places on the exposed subsidence surface, affecting more households (including 108 households/524 people), the level of danger is increasing.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested the People's Committees of Muong La and Bac Yen districts to closely monitor forecasts and warnings about natural disasters and weather to take appropriate response measures to minimize damage caused by natural disasters. Assign local leaders, agencies, organizations and units to monitor 24/7 during peak rainy and flood days.

Forces supported people of Ngam village, Song Pe commune, Bac Yen district to dismantle houses and move to a safe place.

Proactively respond to and overcome the consequences of natural disasters according to the "four on-site" motto(onlyon-site command; on-site forces; on-site means and materials; on-site logistics), including: Continue to mobilize forces to search for missing people. Arrange temporary safe accommodation for people who have to evacuate, ensure logistics for people at evacuation sites, support food, necessities, and medicine for people in disaster areas. Organize a review of households living in areas at risk of being affected by landslides, flash floods, and flash floods. Resolutely direct evacuation plans, move households and individuals living in dangerous areas, areas at risk of landslides, flash floods, and flash floods to safe places. Assign forces to guard, put up warning signs at landslide sites, and absolutely do not allow people to return to dangerous areas. Proactively mobilize means, forces, budgets, and local resources to immediately implement disaster recovery work.

Flood water rose in Ngoc Chien commune.

Identify urgent investment items and projects to respond to and overcome the consequences of natural disasters, arrange funds within the capacity to balance capital sources for implementation. In case of exceeding the response capacity of the locality, promptly report to the competent authorities for support in accordance with regulations.

Relevant departments, branches, agencies and units, according to their assigned functions and tasks, are responsible for directing, guiding and coordinating with localities to implement response and remedial measures to prevent and minimize damage caused by natural disasters.

According to: baosonla.gov.vn