In Vietnam 4 dead and 4 missing from cyclone Mulan

(ANSA) - HANOI, AUGUST 14 - Four people have died and another four are missing following the heavy rain caused by cyclone Mulan in northern Vietnam.

   According to data provided by the National Steering Committee for the Prevention and Control of Natural Disasters in Vietnam, the province of Hoa Binh was the most affected, with three victims and two missing, a hundred houses damaged, dozens of roads and more than a thousand hectares. of fields of rice destroyed.

The other provinces involved are TuyenQuang, Lao Cai, Yeb Bai, Thanh Hoa and Phu Tho, where the fourth victim was found.

    Difficult situation also in the area of ​​Hanoi, particularly in the district of Ba Vi, both as regards the flooded fields and the roads that are unusable or damaged.

The reclamation companies have relentlessly monitored the situation through the commissioning of drainage pumps to reduce flooding and monitoring of the soils.

    In the central highlands, in the province of Dak Lak, the Mulan tropical storm flooded over a thousand hectares of fields, causing a loss of nearly a million dollars.

    The Vietnamese Community Disaster Prevention Fund has delivered 151 precipitation measurement stations to thirteen northern and central provinces of Vietnam, which will allow, by sending data directly to the provincial steering committees, an improved analysis and forecasting of natural disasters.

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