At least two workers and 14 local residents are missing after a hydropower water tunnel collapsed in Quang Nam Province Tuesday. Huynh Khanh Toan, vice chairman of the province People’s Committee, said flash floods triggered by Typhoon Rai caused the water tunnel at the Song Bung 2 Hydropower Plant to collapse when 18 workers were working nearby. The two missing workers have been identified as Nguyen Minh Luan, 24, and Dang Van Tien, 36. In a report on the incident, Vuong Thanh Chung, deputy director of the hydropower plant management, said the tunnel collapsed because of severe flooding. The two missing workers were operating dredging machines for the Hydraulics Construction Corporation No.4, he said.

Source: Thanhnien News September 14, 2016 02:37 UTC