Storm Kills 16 people in Laos

Date: Oct 1, 2009

Storm Kills 16 people in Laos

Date: Oct 1, 2009

We would like to express our deepest sympathy and prayers to the families and friends of those who have perished and to the victims of the deadly typhoon that hit the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos!

Date: Oct 1, 2009

That's very sad news.
Why the news come out very slow ??? furious

Date: Oct 1, 2009

Anonymous wrote:

That's very sad news.
Why the news come out very slow ???

Lao's press, is not as open as other country, and very slow to response to the News that's for sure. i'm not here to criticize the govt, but it' truth.

Date: Oct 1, 2009

Anonymous wrote:

That's very sad news.
Why the news come out very slow ???

The press can not release the news immediately without an appoval from high rank official.

Date: Oct 1, 2009

Speak-out wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

That's very sad news.
Why the news come out very slow ???

Lao's press, is not as open as other country, and very slow to response to the News that's for sure. i'm not here to criticize the govt, but it' truth.

It is ok just do not use the word freedom or democracy because the webmaster do not like that and he will errase your post right away. disbelief

Date: Oct 1, 2009

one reason news is slow is because the worst-hit areas have been totally cut off by flooding, it takes time for officials & relief workers to make their way there to assess the situation. power supply & communication lines were cut too. even in the dry season, it can take a few days just to reach the more rural villages in Salavan province...during the wet season when bridges are destroyed by floods & roads dissolve into mud, it takes even longer.

just like yesterday's earthquake in Indonesia...the reported death toll is still low...but it might be because in some places, there's just nobody left alive to report that everyone there has been killed :(

bip_01 · Senior Member

I agree the media is super slow. Check this article as an example. This has got to be the shortest article ever written! What is this? One sentence!

Laos hit by Ketsana

2009/10/02

HANOI: Tropical Storm Ketsana has killed 16 people and left 135 missing in southern Laos, the country’s Red Cross said today.

http://www.nst.com.my/articles/20091002121431/Article/index_html

Date: Oct 2, 2009

it is not that slow in this case. There is still is little or no contact with Attapeu province, even by telephone today. The news was just coming out via telephone on late Wednesday and Thursday. Still more sad news to come out of Attapeu where people have lost all their rice, livestock, and houses etc.

Date: Oct 2, 2009

Anonymous wrote:

Speak-out wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

That's very sad news.
Why the news come out very slow ???

Lao's press, is not as open as other country, and very slow to response to the News that's for sure. i'm not here to criticize the govt, but it' truth.

It is ok just do not use the word freedom or democracy because the webmaster do not like that and he will errase your post right away.

Thanks, Bro, for morning laugh ha.ha. Did Webmaster really errase your'' Freedom and Democracy words'' Naah.. i don't think they would do that, unless you attached something else along with the words Freedom and Democracry, right. well, anyway. Thanks for telling me.

Date: Oct 2, 2009

Anonymous wrote:

one reason news is slow is because the worst-hit areas have been totally cut off by flooding, it takes time for officials & relief workers to make their way there to assess the situation. power supply & communication lines were cut too. even in the dry season, it can take a few days just to reach the more rural villages in Salavan province...during the wet season when bridges are destroyed by floods & roads dissolve into mud, it takes even longer.

just like yesterday's earthquake in Indonesia...the reported death toll is still low...but it might be because in some places, there's just nobody left alive to report that everyone there has been killed :(

Do they have a few helicopters, Why don't they use it to get to Inaccess or hit hard area. and i also don't believe that non of the residences in Salavan don't have any Cellphone either. It' just tradition slow moving that's all..

Date: Oct 2, 2009

Anonymous wrote:

http://www.vientianetimes.org.la/FreeContent/Free_ketsana.htm

Ketsana leaves at least 16 dead in southern Laos

At least 16 people have been confirmed dead after flash flooding caused by tropical storm Ketsana hit southern provinces of Laos on Tuesday night, according to unofficial reports.
The Xekong River overflows its banks. --Photo Khankeo

The storm hit four provinces, leaving two people dead in Savannakhet and killing 14 in Attapeu. Xekong and Saravan were also severely affected, according to Director General of the Social Welfare Department under the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Mr Pasith Detphommathed.

The flash flooding has passed and the storm has weakened, but many communities in the provinces are cut off from roads and any form of communication.

Road links between Xekong and Attapeu provinces have been interrupted, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport.

Officials are as yet unable to ascertain the exact number of fatalities and the extent of the damage, as information is still being collected and numerous villages are yet to be reached.

In Xekong province, about 30 villages of 900 families were inundated by flood waters caused by the rising level of the Xekong River and water pouring down from surrounding hillsides.

The four districts of Kaleum, Lamam, Thataeng and Dakcheung were affected, of which Kaleum and Lanam were the hardest hit, according to Xekong provincial Deputy Governor, Mr Lieng Khamphoune.

“Many houses were swept away or had roofs blown off. Several villages are still cut off from any communication,” he said.

Officials were unable to reach many villages for some time after the storm due to continuing heavy running water, Mr Lieng added.

Residents of communities that were reached by officials were relocated, but had to leave all their belongings behind.

The rescued victims have been taken to schools on higher ground or to stay with relatives.

Mr Lieng said provincial officials were deployed yesterday to all affected areas to collect information on fatalities, loss of property and assistance requirements and the data is expected to be ready soon.

Provincial authorities have already mobilised initial assistance contributed by organisations and members of the public, which includes food and clothing.

The government taskforce in charge of disaster relief, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Lieutenant General Douangchay Phichith, and local officials are working in the affected provinces to assist people and distribute food, clothing and other essential items.

This includes two trucks loaded with clothes, food and tents, according to Mr Pasith.

With many villages remaining isolated and in remote areas, officials are using helicopters to deliver aid relief. The government has ordered the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare to buy 100 tonnes of rice to distribute to people affected by the storm.

The government is working closely with international and civil organisations as well as individuals to mobilise aid relief.

The Lao Red Cross is drafting a plan to mobilise donations and support from donors and counterparts in friendly countries for distribution, according to Lao Red Cross President Dr Snivourast Sramany.

The European Commission will fast-track an additional two million euros of humanitarian aid to help the victims of Ketsana, according to a press statement from the commission.

This amount, which comes on top of two million euros of aid announced yesterday for the Philippines , is for Vietnam , Cambodia and Laos .

The government and supporting bodies are working hard to amass funding but they are far short of the resources they need.
People who want to donate to the relief fund can contact the Lao Red Cross on 021-250000 or 020-6771253.

By Souksakhone Vaenkeo
(Latest Update October 2 , 2009

sad news, it's more serious than last year, we should help our people

Date: Oct 2, 2009

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Date: Oct 2, 2009

khonthakek wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

http://www.vientianetimes.org.la/FreeContent/Free_ketsana.htm

Ketsana leaves at least 16 dead in southern Laos

At least 16 people have been confirmed dead after flash flooding caused by tropical storm Ketsana hit southern provinces of Laos on Tuesday night, according to unofficial reports.
The Xekong River overflows its banks. --Photo Khankeo

The storm hit four provinces, leaving two people dead in Savannakhet and killing 14 in Attapeu. Xekong and Saravan were also severely affected, according to Director General of the Social Welfare Department under the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Mr Pasith Detphommathed.

The flash flooding has passed and the storm has weakened, but many communities in the provinces are cut off from roads and any form of communication.

Road links between Xekong and Attapeu provinces have been interrupted, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport.

Officials are as yet unable to ascertain the exact number of fatalities and the extent of the damage, as information is still being collected and numerous villages are yet to be reached.

In Xekong province, about 30 villages of 900 families were inundated by flood waters caused by the rising level of the Xekong River and water pouring down from surrounding hillsides.

The four districts of Kaleum, Lamam, Thataeng and Dakcheung were affected, of which Kaleum and Lanam were the hardest hit, according to Xekong provincial Deputy Governor, Mr Lieng Khamphoune.

“Many houses were swept away or had roofs blown off. Several villages are still cut off from any communication,” he said.

Officials were unable to reach many villages for some time after the storm due to continuing heavy running water, Mr Lieng added.

Residents of communities that were reached by officials were relocated, but had to leave all their belongings behind.

The rescued victims have been taken to schools on higher ground or to stay with relatives.

Mr Lieng said provincial officials were deployed yesterday to all affected areas to collect information on fatalities, loss of property and assistance requirements and the data is expected to be ready soon.

Provincial authorities have already mobilised initial assistance contributed by organisations and members of the public, which includes food and clothing.

The government taskforce in charge of disaster relief, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Lieutenant General Douangchay Phichith, and local officials are working in the affected provinces to assist people and distribute food, clothing and other essential items.

This includes two trucks loaded with clothes, food and tents, according to Mr Pasith.

With many villages remaining isolated and in remote areas, officials are using helicopters to deliver aid relief. The government has ordered the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare to buy 100 tonnes of rice to distribute to people affected by the storm.

The government is working closely with international and civil organisations as well as individuals to mobilise aid relief.

The Lao Red Cross is drafting a plan to mobilise donations and support from donors and counterparts in friendly countries for distribution, according to Lao Red Cross President Dr Snivourast Sramany.

The European Commission will fast-track an additional two million euros of humanitarian aid to help the victims of Ketsana, according to a press statement from the commission.

This amount, which comes on top of two million euros of aid announced yesterday for the Philippines , is for Vietnam , Cambodia and Laos .

The government and supporting bodies are working hard to amass funding but they are far short of the resources they need.
People who want to donate to the relief fund can contact the Lao Red Cross on 021-250000 or 020-6771253.

By Souksakhone Vaenkeo
(Latest Update October 2 , 2009

sad news, it's more serious than last year, we should help our people

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Date: Oct 2, 2009

Report from a foreigner who works in Attapeu:

Typhoon Ketsana caused severe devastation in Attapeu province resulting very severe loss and many casualties. Flood was so quick that people have no chance to be prepared. Severity of this year flood was as high as flood of year 1968. Water level of Sekong river and it’s tributaries Sesu and Sekaman rivers started increasing on the night of 29th September and by the morning on 30th Sekong river started crossing the bank and water has entered in some populated areas. People of the flood prone area have started preparation to move the goods and livestock. After about 5 PM the water level started increasing again. People have no time to keep the rice and household items at safer place. About at 6 PM Lao Army rescue team arrived in town and asked people to go to safer place. A lot of people were shifted by army trucks to the Lao Army Hospital. This hospital is located at very high place in Attapeu province. Since my house is at higher location so I stayed at my house but suddenly I saw water has started entering in my house at about 12:30 mid night. I was told that water level can go as high as 3 meters at my residence after 2-3 hours. I was scared and rescued by an army truck. I also stayed with the people whole night.

Very good and quick rescue operation was done by the Lao Army resulting saving of many lives otherwise there may be very high number of casualties. A quick action was taken by the government and helicopter with lifesaving material was send to Attapeu on evening of 30^th September but helicopter couldn’t land because all places were flooded and weather was not good. Helicopter went back and again arrived in early morning on 1^st October. After trying a lot helicopter was landed in a wet ground. This is the story of provincial headquarter but in remote area all villages has been cutoff and damage may be very severe.

Almost all families have lost all of their livestock like buffaloes, cows, goat, pigs, poultries etc and all household items. There is no rice left in home to eat. Almost all cloths and daily use items washed away by the flash flood.

Today water level is reduced and electricity supply has resumed at some area. All houses are full of mud and there is danger of outbreak of diseases.

There is an urgent need of food, drinking water, medicines, cloths etc. Since the rice crop also lost hence there will be need to provide rehabilitation by providing support for the rice cultivation and livestock raising. Government official are collecting the information and by tomorrow the picture of the extent of damage will be more clear.

All computers and other office equipment has been lost in government offices .

If some donor are interested kindly contact provincial government authorities of Attapeu province.

Date: Oct 2, 2009

16 of 7 millions people died...what's the big deal?

SeeHarHed · Guru

Anonymous wrote:

16 of 7 millions people died...what's the big deal?

of course it is big deal... what if one of those people is your mom or dad?? still no big deal to you?? such an arrogant statement..

bip_01 · Senior Member

Anonymous wrote:

16 of 7 millions people died...what's the big deal?

it doesnt matter the number. it's the lives lost. the individuals.

Date: Oct 3, 2009

Speak-out wrote:

khonthakek wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

http://www.vientianetimes.org.la/FreeContent/Free_ketsana.htm

Ketsana leaves at least 16 dead in southern Laos

At least 16 people have been confirmed dead after flash flooding caused by tropical storm Ketsana hit southern provinces of Laos on Tuesday night, according to unofficial reports.
The Xekong River overflows its banks. --Photo Khankeo

The storm hit four provinces, leaving two people dead in Savannakhet and killing 14 in Attapeu. Xekong and Saravan were also severely affected, according to Director General of the Social Welfare Department under the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Mr Pasith Detphommathed.

The flash flooding has passed and the storm has weakened, but many communities in the provinces are cut off from roads and any form of communication.

Road links between Xekong and Attapeu provinces have been interrupted, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport.

Officials are as yet unable to ascertain the exact number of fatalities and the extent of the damage, as information is still being collected and numerous villages are yet to be reached.

In Xekong province, about 30 villages of 900 families were inundated by flood waters caused by the rising level of the Xekong River and water pouring down from surrounding hillsides.

The four districts of Kaleum, Lamam, Thataeng and Dakcheung were affected, of which Kaleum and Lanam were the hardest hit, according to Xekong provincial Deputy Governor, Mr Lieng Khamphoune.

“Many houses were swept away or had roofs blown off. Several villages are still cut off from any communication,” he said.

Officials were unable to reach many villages for some time after the storm due to continuing heavy running water, Mr Lieng added.

Residents of communities that were reached by officials were relocated, but had to leave all their belongings behind.

The rescued victims have been taken to schools on higher ground or to stay with relatives.

Mr Lieng said provincial officials were deployed yesterday to all affected areas to collect information on fatalities, loss of property and assistance requirements and the data is expected to be ready soon.

Provincial authorities have already mobilised initial assistance contributed by organisations and members of the public, which includes food and clothing.

The government taskforce in charge of disaster relief, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Lieutenant General Douangchay Phichith, and local officials are working in the affected provinces to assist people and distribute food, clothing and other essential items.

This includes two trucks loaded with clothes, food and tents, according to Mr Pasith.

With many villages remaining isolated and in remote areas, officials are using helicopters to deliver aid relief. The government has ordered the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare to buy 100 tonnes of rice to distribute to people affected by the storm.

The government is working closely with international and civil organisations as well as individuals to mobilise aid relief.

The Lao Red Cross is drafting a plan to mobilise donations and support from donors and counterparts in friendly countries for distribution, according to Lao Red Cross President Dr Snivourast Sramany.

The European Commission will fast-track an additional two million euros of humanitarian aid to help the victims of Ketsana, according to a press statement from the commission.

This amount, which comes on top of two million euros of aid announced yesterday for the Philippines , is for Vietnam , Cambodia and Laos .

The government and supporting bodies are working hard to amass funding but they are far short of the resources they need.
People who want to donate to the relief fund can contact the Lao Red Cross on 021-250000 or 020-6771253.

By Souksakhone Vaenkeo
(Latest Update October 2 , 2009

sad news, it's more serious than last year, we should help our people

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Date: Oct 3, 2009

UN expands food aid in flood-stricken South-East Asia to Laos

UN News Service

2 October 2009 – The United Nations is ramping up its relief
operations in flood-stricken South-East Asia, appealing for donor
support and rushing food to southern Laos where some 250,000 people
have been hit by typhoon-spawned rain that have already affected an
estimated 3 million in the Philippines.

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is sending rice and canned fish to
the hardest-hit communities in the southern Lao provinces of Sekong
and Attapeu, where more than 90 per cent of land has been flooded,
crops destroyed, vital food stocks depleted, and hundreds of houses
submerged.

“We are extremely concerned about people getting back on their feet
following such devastating destruction,” WFP Executive Director
Josette Sheeran said from Washington. “In some places, there is water
as far as the eye can see, and people are literally swimming to
safety.”

We are extremely concerned about people getting back on their feet
following such devastating destruction

WFP is working closely with both the Philippine and Lao Governments to
ensure that food and other supplies reach those in need as swiftly as
possible. “The region is overwhelmed with water. We hope donors step
in to assist in these urgent relief efforts so that we can reach those
affected as quickly as possible,” she added.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said
today donors would meet in Geneva on Tuesday and a ‘flash appeal’,
expected to total $60 million, for the Philippines would be issued by
the end of next week.

Rains continue to pound the Philippines, and mass evacuations are
taking place as the country braces for a powerful new typhoon that is
expected to make landfall on Saturday morning, adding to the
devastation caused by last weekend’s storm which drove more than a
million people from their homes.

Voicing extreme concern over the impending arrival of the new typhoon,
UN Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes noted yesterday that about
8.5 million people lie in its path, 1.8 million of them in areas where
winds are projected to reach hurricane strength. Sustained aid will be
needed, especially food as large tracts of agricultural land have been
ruined, he told a news briefing in New York.

WFP is currently aiming to provide food to 1 million people in October
as part of its three-month emergency response.

Date: Oct 3, 2009

Anonymous wrote:

16 of 7 millions people died...what's the big deal?

What is wrong with you? no matter how small the number of fatalities are its still a loss. What if the one who died is the bread winner of the family?

Date: Oct 3, 2009

Ketsana death toll in Laos rises to 24
Posted: 03 October 2009 1641 hrs
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1009029/1/.html

HANOI: The death toll from Tropical Storm Ketsana in Laos has risen to 24, the country's Red Cross said on Saturday as an aid agency reported flooding "as far as the eye can see" in one province.

Seven people who refused to leave their homes in southernmost Attapeu province accounted for most of the additional deaths, said Bountheung Menvilay, head of the disaster preparedness division for the Lao Red Cross.

Their houses were swept into a river, he said.

On Friday, when details of the tragedy began to emerge from one of Asia's poorest nations, Bountheung reported 16 deaths from the storm which moved through the country on Wednesday.

Ketsana has brought devastation across Southeast Asia, first killing at least 293 people in the Philippines last weekend before striking Vietnam, where at least 107 died, and Cambodia where it claimed 17 lives.

Attapeu province borders Cambodia and, along with adjacent Sekong province, has been the hardest hit in Laos, aid workers said.

"There is water as far as the eye can see. Rivers are converging across roads now," Caitlin Makin, head of the Attapeu office of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), said in a statement on Saturday.

More than 90 per cent of Attapeu's land has been flooded, affecting 110,000 out of a total population of 117,000 people, WFP said.

Detailed information from the rugged region – hard to reach even in normal times – has been difficult to obtain, aid workers said.

"Now, I cannot contact Sekong branch," the Red Cross official said, referring to his unit in the province.

He said 103 people were missing, but there was no update on the number of people displaced, which on Friday he put at 37,500.

In Sekong alone, about 25,000 people have either lost their homes, gardens or livestock, said Henry Braun, Laos director for the aid agency CARE, which is leading the relief effort in that province.

"Most of them have lost everything," he said late Friday.

CARE staff reached two villages which had only one in 25 houses still standing, Braun said.

WFP said rice and canned fish from its stockpile were distributed by the government on Friday in Sekong, where access was only possible by boat and helicopter.

Attapeu remained inaccessible, it said.

Date: Oct 3, 2009

Anonymous wrote:

Speak-out wrote:

khonthakek wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

http://www.vientianetimes.org.la/FreeContent/Free_ketsana.htm

Ketsana leaves at least 16 dead in southern Laos

At least 16 people have been confirmed dead after flash flooding caused by tropical storm Ketsana hit southern provinces of Laos on Tuesday night, according to unofficial reports.
The Xekong River overflows its banks. --Photo Khankeo

The storm hit four provinces, leaving two people dead in Savannakhet and killing 14 in Attapeu. Xekong and Saravan were also severely affected, according to Director General of the Social Welfare Department under the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Mr Pasith Detphommathed.

The flash flooding has passed and the storm has weakened, but many communities in the provinces are cut off from roads and any form of communication.

Road links between Xekong and Attapeu provinces have been interrupted, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport.

Officials are as yet unable to ascertain the exact number of fatalities and the extent of the damage, as information is still being collected and numerous villages are yet to be reached.

In Xekong province, about 30 villages of 900 families were inundated by flood waters caused by the rising level of the Xekong River and water pouring down from surrounding hillsides.

The four districts of Kaleum, Lamam, Thataeng and Dakcheung were affected, of which Kaleum and Lanam were the hardest hit, according to Xekong provincial Deputy Governor, Mr Lieng Khamphoune.

“Many houses were swept away or had roofs blown off. Several villages are still cut off from any communication,” he said.

Officials were unable to reach many villages for some time after the storm due to continuing heavy running water, Mr Lieng added.

Residents of communities that were reached by officials were relocated, but had to leave all their belongings behind.

The rescued victims have been taken to schools on higher ground or to stay with relatives.

Mr Lieng said provincial officials were deployed yesterday to all affected areas to collect information on fatalities, loss of property and assistance requirements and the data is expected to be ready soon.

Provincial authorities have already mobilised initial assistance contributed by organisations and members of the public, which includes food and clothing.

The government taskforce in charge of disaster relief, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Lieutenant General Douangchay Phichith, and local officials are working in the affected provinces to assist people and distribute food, clothing and other essential items.

This includes two trucks loaded with clothes, food and tents, according to Mr Pasith.

With many villages remaining isolated and in remote areas, officials are using helicopters to deliver aid relief. The government has ordered the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare to buy 100 tonnes of rice to distribute to people affected by the storm.

The government is working closely with international and civil organisations as well as individuals to mobilise aid relief.

The Lao Red Cross is drafting a plan to mobilise donations and support from donors and counterparts in friendly countries for distribution, according to Lao Red Cross President Dr Snivourast Sramany.

The European Commission will fast-track an additional two million euros of humanitarian aid to help the victims of Ketsana, according to a press statement from the commission.

This amount, which comes on top of two million euros of aid announced yesterday for the Philippines , is for Vietnam , Cambodia and Laos .

The government and supporting bodies are working hard to amass funding but they are far short of the resources they need.
People who want to donate to the relief fund can contact the Lao Red Cross on 021-250000 or 020-6771253.

By Souksakhone Vaenkeo
(Latest Update October 2 , 2009

sad news, it's more serious than last year, we should help our people

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Date: Oct 3, 2009

Provincial Government of Attapeu has issued 2 press release for the flood:

Press release 1: Report on the Flood in Attapeu Province As the typhoon Ketsana has crossed the middle and southern provinces of Laos, Attapeu province has faced the biggest flood after 41 years after the flood of 1968. This flood caused the loss of life for 9 workers of Sekaman 1 Hydro Power Project. Among the death, 1 dead body found. Currently the search operation is going on to find the rest of missing dead bodies. The provincial government has sent 5 boats for the search operation and informed Chiengteang and Senepang district of Chiengteang province of Cambodia for help and cooperation in the search of the missing dead bodies. Moreover, there has been reported missing of at least 10 villagers. Details will be reported later.

Reporter.: Mr. Vilaphon Tel: 2293362

Press release 2: Report on Flooding in Attapeu Province Dated 3 Oct. 2009

As the typhoon Ketsana has crossed the provinces in middle and southern of Laos, caused the severe rain fall continuously for three days resulted increasing in the water level of Sekong River to the critical level. It is the second severe natural catastrophe in 41 years in the history of Attapeu province after the big flood of year 1968. This flooding caused a huge bad impact to the socio-economic and infrastructure as well as living condition of peoples in Attapeu province. Paddy rice crop which is about to be harvested has been destroyed in 18,000 ha out of total area of 20,000 ha. Many hundred thousand of livestock including cattle, buffaloes, goats, pigs and poultry died. The main infrastructure including roads, bridges, electricity lines, irrigation systems, schools, hospitals and government offices of province, district and villages as well as private shops and warehouses of rice have been destroyed resulted an estimated total loss of about many thousand billion kip (equivalent to more than 300 million US$). Currently the provincial government authorities have been visiting and bringing primary assistance to help peoples affected from the flood. Details of casualties will be report later.

eye_sky · Guru

I hope everyone affected can recover soon.

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