Floods have affected about 480 families in Kenthao District, Xayaboury.

[ASEAN NOW]

 

After days of heavy rain, villages in Kenthao District, Xayaboury Province, have been severely flooded.

 

Over 480 families in 19 villages in the district were hit by floods last week, according to a report by KPL.

 

According to the Labour and Social Welfare Office of Kenthao District, heavy rains hammered Kenthao for many days, inundating important agricultural areas and other infrastructure and costing an estimated LAK 3.8 billion in damage.

 

The floodwaters have damaged 30 dwellings, 130 hectares of agricultural land, four sections of road, and eight bridges.

 

Kenthao District has been flooded twice in as many weeks, with the district suffering devastation after the Namheuang River burst its banks on September 10th.

 

Floods struck parts of northern and southern Laos after a tropical depression blasted across the nation over the weekend, adding to the country's unusually rainy September.

 

Meanwhile, flash flooding has been recorded in Salavanh Province's Lao Ngam District, where floodwaters flooded villages after heavy rains last week.