How many people are missing due to dam break in Laos?

The Prime Minister of Laos said that the dam break had caused 1 missing and 3,000 people were homeless.

This photo obtained from social media shows the flooded area photographed in Azov province in southern Laos on July 25th. ?

On July 25th, Lao Prime Minister Tong Lun told the media in the Prime Minister's Office in Vientiane, the capital, that the dam-break accident of the Sampian-Sangnannei hydropower station in Azov province in southern Laos had caused 1 person to disappear. ?

On that day, Tong Lun returned to Vientiane from the disaster area. He said that the continuous rainstorm caused the water level of the reservoir to rise continuously, and the dam burst due to unbearable pressure, which has caused 1 and 3 1 people to disappear and about 3,000 people to be homeless. However, this is only preliminary statistics, and there is no accurate statistics on the number of missing persons. ?

According to Tong Lun, this is the worst flood in Laos for decades, and the central and local rescue forces are actively carrying out rescue. The Lao government held an emergency meeting on the afternoon of 25th, and set up a disaster committee led by Deputy Prime Minister Song Sai. The committee will evaluate the losses caused by the disaster and investigate the cause of the accident together with the participants in the hydropower project. ?

In his speech, Tong Lun did not mention the death toll caused by dam break. According to Lao News Agency, the disaster relief department of Azov Province said that the dam burst has caused 26 deaths. ?

The dam-broken Sangpian-Sangnannei hydropower station is located in Sanansai County, Azov Province, about 570 kilometers southeast of Vientiane. The project was developed by a joint venture invested by four companies including Korea, Laos and Thailand. The total installed capacity of the project is 465,438+0,000 kilowatts. Construction began on April 38, 2065, and it was originally planned to be put into commercial operation on April 38, 2065. ?

Source: paper net.