The northern Vietnam after a tropical depression

The local government's weakness of weather forecasting caused damages of lives and materials

A tropical depression has recently claimed at least 68 lives this week, the deadliest calamity hit Vietnam in recent years. Landslides claimed the lives of 18 people in Hoa Binh Province. Victims of this disaster witnessed rifts on the nearby mountain but there wasn't warning or request of evacuation from the local government. It proves the weakness of government's weather forecasting. There are persistent rains in a month but the local government has not issued any warning to local people that helped them to prepare the natural calamity. 

For more photos about the disaster, see photos.

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