Vietnam: Heavy rains following Typhoon Matmo cause severe damage in northern localities

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In northern Vietnam, heavy rains triggered by Typhoon Matmo have caused extensive damage across multiple regions, according to the Department of Dike Management and Natural Disaster Prevention under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment. By 5:00 PM local time on October 8, nearly 22,600 hectares of rice and other crops were flooded, while hundreds of thousands of livestock and poultry perished or were swept away. The floods left 16,918 homes inundated, caused landslides, and disrupted traffic at 66 points along national roads. Operations on the Hanoi–Dong Dang railway line were suspended, and many provincial and rural roads remain impassable.  #teleSUREnglish #VietnamFloods #TyphoonMatmo #AgriculturalLoss #InfrastructureDamage

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00:00In Vietnam, the heavy rains that flooded Typhoon Madmo caused severe damage in numerous localities

00:06in the north of the country, according to the Department of Dike Management and Natural

00:10Disaster Prevention of Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.

00:16By 5 p.m. local time on October 8, almost 22,600 hectares of rice and other crops were

00:23flooded.

00:24Hundreds of thousands of heads of livestock and poultry had died or been swept away by

00:29the water and 16,918 homes remained floated.

00:35The floods also caused landslides and cuts in 66 points of the natural roads, temporarily

00:41paralysed in traffic.

00:43The Hanoi-Dung-Dang Railway line suspended operations, and many provincial and rural roads were impossible.

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