40 people died, missing due to flood in Central Highlands

On the morning of November 18, the Standing Office of the Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Control said according to reports of Thua Thien-Hue, Da Nang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa and Ninh provinces. Thuan, Kon Tum, Gia Lai, floods caused 31 deaths; 9 missing and 20 injured.

Floods also caused more than 243,000 houses to be flooded, roofed, damaged, collapsed, collapsed, swept away; nearly 3,000 ha of damaged rice and crops; over 100ha of flooded and damaged fish and shrimp ponds; 14 ships and boats were overturned, sunk, and having trouble; nearly 120,000m ^{3 of} soil, rock, concrete, floating, filling; 9,520m of dykes and embankments are damaged and washed away; 148,850m of canals and ditches are damaged and swept away; 48 electric poles are tilted and poured; 783,785 m ^{3 of} roads were landslided and buried.

Prime Minister of the Ministry of Public Works No. 1960 / CD-TT dated November 17 sent to the People's Committees of coastal provinces from Thien Thien-Hue to Phu Yen, Gia Lai and Kon Tum provinces and other ministries and branches. deep visits and condolences to relatives of families who have been killed, missing or injured; direct the work of preventing, fighting and overcoming the consequences of flooding.

People return home after floods recede.(Photo: Tran Le Lam / VNA)

As of 6 am (November 18), in Da Nang , 19/56 communes and wards were flooded by districts, Hoa Vang, Cam Le and Lien Chieu districts, of which 30 villages were completely inundated, 35 villages were affected. partially submerged. Currently the country has withdrawn, no more houses are flooded. The main traffic routes have been cleared.

The districts of Dien Ban, Dai Loc, Duy Xuyen and Hoi An City, Quang Nam province are flooded on a large scale. Now that there are no houses flooded, the main roads have returned to normal.

In Quang Ngai , more than 40 communes in the basin of Tra Khuc, Song Ve, Tra Cau and Tra Bong rivers in Nghia Hanh, Mo Duc, Tu Nghia, Son Tinh districts, Quang Ngai city, Duc Pho and Binh Son was deeply submerged, many localities were isolated. However, these communes are no longer flooded, some inter-village roads in Nghia Hanh district belong to the lower part of Song Ve only submerged locally, other areas of traffic have returned to normal.

Binh Dinh province has over 41 communes in 10 districts flooded, in which Tuy Phuoc district is flooded with 80% of the area. Many communes are divided and isolated by flood water. Heavy rains have caused flash floods in An Dung, An Vinh, An Nghia, An Toan and An Quang communes (An Lao district). The whole East dike system is mostly flooded, the average depth of submerged 0.5m is the deepest 1m.

Currently, flood water is still flooded in Tuy Phuoc district; Phu Cat district; and Quy Nhon city. The traffic has returned to normal, and now the road No. 640 of Ong Do-Cat Tuyen section is divided and not yet circulated.

Phu Yen province is flooded along the banks of Cau River, Dong Xa, and Ky Lo in 3 districts of Song Cau, Tuy An, and Dong Xuan but now it has been flooded, traffic has returned to normal.

Localities have urgently implemented measures to prevent rain and flood in key districts; mobilize forces to organize rescue for people in flooded areas; assigning forces at flooded and overflowed roads to guide people and means to participate in traffic; direct and coordinate the operation of reservoirs in the area.