In Nghe An province, according to information from the Nậm Giải commune People’s Committee, a large crack has appeared on Pu Meo mountain, located in Puc village, Nậm Giải commune, Quế Phong district. The crack on Pu Meo mountain is approximately 100 meters long, 20-40 centimeters wide, and up to 10 meters deep. It was discovered at 11 am on September 29th.
Following the landslide in this area, local authorities mobilized police and military forces to quickly arrive at the scene and inspect the situation. The crack directly affected the household of Mr. Lu La Nhat with four members and three other households, so the functional forces organized the evacuation of both people and assets to a safe place.
There had been heavy rain in Nậm Giải commune due to the influence of the fourth storm. Although the rain had decreased in recent days in Puc village, a crack suddenly appeared on Pu Meo mountain at noon on September 29th. Puc village in Nậm Giải commune has 90 households with 360 members. The households live about 30 meters away from Pu Meo mountain.
In Ninh Binh province, at Veo hill, Son Lai commune, Nho Quan district, the hilly land has cracked and the layers have collapsed in two places, with a width of 30 cm and a depth of about 40 cm, with a total length of about 380 m (position 1: 300 m; position 2: 80 m).
This landslide location has a very large volume and is dangerous, directly affecting the houses, property, and lives of 139 households and one Thanh Vi church parish, mainly households in Veo village and some households in Sua village, Son Lai commune.
On September 28, 2024, the People’s Committee of Ninh Binh province also issued Decision No. 817/QD-UBND, announcing an emergency situation due to a natural disaster: the landslide at Veo hill, Son Lai commune, Nho Quan district.
According to Mr. Nguyen Van Quan, Head of Veo village: “Veo village has 106 households with 269 members. Regarding the crack on Veo hill that was discovered after the third storm, we reported it to the local authorities and functional agencies. Currently, the cracks are no longer gushing water like before, but the area of the landslide sites shows signs of increasing. The land is damp, subsiding, difficult to walk on, and new subsidence cracks are appearing, deeper than the previous day.”
It is known that in Veo and Sua villages (Son Lai commune), nine households are at risk of being directly affected by the crack at Veo hill. These households have moved their assets to their relatives’ houses to ensure the safety of their lives and property.
On September 29, Son Lai commune (Nho Quan district) organized forces and means to fence off the landslide area and set up three warning signs within the landslide range.
In Thanh Hoa province, due to the influence of prolonged heavy rains from the third and fourth storms, landslides of soil and rocks occurred in Na Lo hill, Tan Lap village, Tan Phuc commune, Lang Chanh district, affecting the residential area at the foot of the hill.
On September 27, the functional forces of Lang Chanh district and Tan Phuc commune urgently evacuated five households with 28 members from the dangerous area.
In Son La province, due to the influence of the third and fourth storms, heavy rains occurred in Sop Cop district, greatly affecting the lives, daily activities, transportation, and agricultural production of the people. In addition, cracks have appeared on hills, house foundations, walls, and yards in Sop Cop, Sam Kha, and Nam Lanh communes.
In Na Loc village, Sop Cop commune, many large cracks and landslides have appeared on the hill above the residential area, posing a high risk to 21 households. Five households have had their house foundations lifted, walls cracked, and retaining walls and other auxiliary works damaged, with cracks appearing that do not ensure the bearing capacity of the works. Currently, four households have proactively moved to a safe place.
At the boarding area of the Secondary School for Ethnic Minority Boarding Schools in Sam Kha commune, there is also one point with a high risk of landslides on the talus slope. In the area of Keo Vai village, Nam Lanh commune, there was a landslide on the talus slope, and there is a high risk of continuing to slide down to seven houses and the primary and kindergarten schools and the village cultural house. To ensure the safety of people’s lives and property, teachers, and students, the People’s Committee of Sop Cop district has established a working group with departments, agencies, and units and the Party Committee and People’s Committee of the communes to survey and inspect the field in areas at high risk of landslides, landslides, and floods.
Sop Cop district also established security groups to regularly monitor the dangerous areas, not allowing households in high-risk areas of landslides to stay in their homes, especially when it rains. The security group actively grasps the situation and the status of the cracks and landslides to handle them promptly when there is a problem. The anti-natural disaster forces of the communes are ready to deploy response measures, rescue, and relief…
