Houses were destroyed in the heavy rain. Photo: YouTube

The northern provinces of Vietnam have been hit by a series of floods and landslides caused by seasonal torrential rain and at least three have died.

Mountainous regions including the provinces of Ha Giang, Yen Bai, Lai Chau and Cao Bang recorded between 120mm to 300mm of rainfall day from May 27 to 29, VN Express reported.

A landslide hit Bac Quang district in Ha Giang on May 28. Debris from the landslide buried a family of three and crushed their house. Two survived, but a child died on the way to a hospital.

In a separate case on the same day, a woman in Nguyen Binh, Cao Bang, slipped into a stream and drowned, while 14 houses and 383 acres of crops were flooded by rainwater.

A man in Yen Bai was swept away by flash floods on Tuesday night. His body was retrieved the following day and 300 million dong (US$12,800) worth of damage was done to 47 houses in Yen Bai.

In addition, injuries and damage to roads were reported in other areas. The Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control of Vietnam said the northern regions were likely to be struck by flash floods and rises in river levels in the coming days.

The annual monsoon season has started in many countries in Southeast Asia.

Join the Conversation

1074 Comments

  1. Hello there! This is my first comment here so I just wanted to give a quick shout out and say I genuinely enjoy reading through your posts. Can you suggest any other blogs/websites/forums that cover the same subjects? Thank you so much!

  2. Good post. I be taught one thing more difficult on completely different blogs everyday. It’s going to all the time be stimulating to learn content from different writers and follow a little one thing from their store. I’d desire to make use of some with the content material on my blog whether or not you don’t mind. Natually I’ll give you a link on your web blog. Thanks for sharing.

  3. It’s perfect time to make some plans for the future and it is time to be happy. I’ve read this post and if I could I want to suggest you some interesting things or suggestions. Perhaps you can write next articles referring to this article. I desire to read even more things about it!

  4. Thanks for every other fantastic article. The place else could anyone get that type of information in such an ideal approach of writing? I have a presentation subsequent week, and I’m on the search for such info.

  5. Great post. I was checking constantly this blog and I’m impressed! Very useful info particularly the last part 🙂 I care for such info a lot. I was seeking this particular info for a very long time. Thank you and good luck.

  6. It’s a shame you don’t have a donate button! I’d most certainly donate to this superb blog! I guess for now i’ll settle for bookmarking and adding your RSS feed to my Google account. I look forward to new updates and will share this site with my Facebook group. Chat soon!