A flash flood occurs in a village in Lao Cai Province, Vietnam, killing 25 people

In the early morning of September 10, 2024, a village in Bao Yen District, Lao Cai Province, Vietnam was hit by a severe flash flood disaster. It is understood that there are about 35 households and about more than 120 people in this village.

After the flash flood occurred, the entire village was quickly engulfed by floodwaters. As of 18:00 local time on the 10th, although more than 30 villagers were rescued, many people are still missing. As of September 11, this flash flood has caused 25 deaths. Due to the remote location of the village, traffic jams and communication interruptions have brought great difficulties to the search and rescue work.

Lao Cai Province is one of the disaster-stricken areas after Typhoon Capricorn landed in northern Vietnam. Typhoon Capricorn landed in northern Vietnam on the 7th. The subsequent strong rainfall and other impacts have led to secondary disasters such as landslides and mudslides in many places. At present, relevant departments in Vietnam are still actively organizing forces to carry out search and rescue work and strive to find the missing people as soon as possible. This flash flood disaster has brought huge losses to the lives and property of local residents and has also attracted widespread attention from Vietnamese society.