Fifteen people died and another seven were missing in torrential rain that lasted for three days in Quang Ninh province.

Heavy rain causes flood in Ha Long city, Quang Ninh

The rain, the heaviest down-pour in 40 years, was measured at 828mm in places. It started in the northeastern part of the province on July 26 and caused over one trillion VND (45.8 million USD) in damage by 21pm on July 28.

The provincial People’s Committee said that more than 2,800 houses collapsed in the deluge and 143 ha of crops and about 880 fishing pens were swamped with water. Many local roads were blocked due to landslide.

The Quang Ninh Water Supply Company has also been forced to stop supplying tap water to homes in Ha Long and Cam Pha cities for up to a fortnight because falling trees and landslides broke the main water-pipe system.

The rain also left about 1,600 tourists stranded on Co To and Quan Lan islands. Most of them were on Co To.

Hoang Ba Nam, chairman of the People’s Committee on Co To, asked hotels and guest houses to give stranded tourists 30 to 50 percent discounts to help them.

About 1,000 families in Cam Pha city were evacuated to safe places on the afternoon of July 28.

(Souce: Vietnamplus)