Lang Son: Heavy rain causes a lot of property damage

- According to a quick summary report of the Civil Defense Command of communes in the province   As of 5:00 p.m. on August 21, due to the impact of prolonged heavy rain, many people's properties have been damaged.

Specifically: heavy rains have affected 85 houses due to landslides and flooding (including: 2 households with rocks and soil sliding into their houses, 57 houses with rocks and soil sliding behind their houses; 26 households with flooding); about 315 hectares of rice, 186 hectares of crops affected; over 38 landslide locations, with about more than 1,000 m3 of rocks and soil and some bridges and roads were locally flooded...

After the flood, the People's Committees of the communes mobilized functional forces to support the evacuation of 15 households to safety. At the same time, they deployed measures to overcome landslides to ensure traffic safety; organized forces to be on duty and warn in dangerous areas...