10 people died in the Central flood

Today, flood water in the Central region began to withdraw, the area of ​​flooding decreased rapidly, but the number of losses continued to increase with 10 deaths and one missing person.

On December 4, the rain in the provinces from Thua Thien Hue to Quang Nam fell, floodwaters began to recede, but compared to yesterday the number of people increased due to information connection with many areas that lost contact.

Statistics of the Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control show that Binh Dinh has 6 deaths and 3 injuries; Quang Ngai 4 people died and one was missing. Both provinces have over 10,000 hectares of flooded rice and crops.

Many places in Binh Dinh are deeply inundated.(Photo: Xuan Ngoc).

Floods caused dozens of houses to collapse and break down; Nearly 40,000 km of provincial, district and commune roads are landslides. Particularly, Binh Dinh, the road DT 629 in An Hoa, is flooded, separating Bong Son - An Lao road; Road DT 640 was flooded and divided many sections; The road from Dinh Binh to Vinh Son of Vinh Thanh district was eroded.

The Central Hydrometeorological Center said that the flood on rivers from Thua Thien Hue to Quang Nam continued this afternoon. In which, Bo river is down 2.6 m, under alarm 2 is 0.4 m; Huong river is down 1.6 m, under alarm 2 is 0.4 m. Flooding in many districts such as Nam Dong and Huong Thuy (Thua Thien Hue); Bac Tra My, Nam Tra My, Tien Phuoc, Hiep Duc and Tam Ky City (Quang Nam) will gradually decrease.

Due to the increased cold air combined with the disturbance of the high east wind, from November 30 to December 3, from Thua Thien Hue to Phu Yen, there is heavy rain, particularly Quang Nam to Binh Dinh is very heavy with a large amount of popularity. 150-200 mm, some stations over 300 mm.

Meteorological agency warns, from December 5 to 9, the area of ​​Thua Thien Hue - Khanh Hoa is likely to have a big flood.