Binh Dinh: 2 more people died from floods

On November 17, Binh Dinh province continued to have heavy rain and rain in the mountainous areas of Hoai An and An Lao districts, Vinh Thanh. Heavy rains caused water levels in the provinces to continue to rise, water from upstream poured in to flood thousands of households in some localities in the province.

Most of provincial roads 629 from Bong Son to An Lao through the communes of An Hao Dong and An My are flooded with inundated water. Road 630 from Bong Son to Hoai An submerged in water from 0.5-1m, causing traffic congestion, many sections cannot travel. At present, the police force and the youth force collide at the flooded sections of road to prevent people from passing by. The residential areas along the lowlands of An Lao and Kim Son rivers in Hoai An district have over 1,600 houses that have been flooded deeply in the water more than 0.5m.

According to the data of the Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Rescue in Hoai An district, by the afternoon of November 17, there were 2 people died from floods in the whole district. Mr. Dang Van Quan from Van Hoi village, An Tin commune drove a field duck that had been swept away by floodwaters and Mr. Nguyen Van Phung from Van Trung village and An Hao commune went through Van Trung bridge to An Hao Dong commune, which was swept by floodwaters. floating until the evening has not found the body. Today, all schools in Hoai An area are out of school.

In An Lao highland district, functional forces and local authorities have relocated 65 households in deeply flooded areas in An Hoa commune to a safe place.

Heavy rains in Vinh Son watershed caused the flood of Kon river to continue to rise and submerge thousands of houses in communes along the dyke in the east of southeast of Phu Cat district such as Cat Chanh, Cat Tien . and communes in the east of the district. Tuy Phuoc: Phuoc Thang, Phuoc Hoa, Phuoc Thuan, Phuoc Son . from 0.5-1m.

According to the Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting in Binh Dinh, the province continues to have moderate rain and heavy rain, so the water level on the river developments in the province continues to rise rapidly, the possibility of flood at the reporting level. level 2, level 3, there are places up on level 3 alarms.

Quang Ngai: a mountain ravage crushed 1 house, 1 person died 3 injured

News from Son Ha District People's Committee said about 18:00 on November 16 in the area of ​​Kà Long Mountain, Gò Rin Village, Sơn Thành Commune, Sơn Hà District, a collapsed mountain accompanied by a mass of rock and earth crushed a the house of Mr. Dinh Van Yem's family, seriously injuring three people and Dinh Thi Tam (10 years old) at the house next to Mr. Yêm's house watching TV die. The soil also damaged two other houses.

Dinh Van Yem's house was collapsed by a mountain.

At the same time, at Sim bridge area, the village of Lang Bo town, Di Lang town, a young man about 27 years old who took a motorbike through the road was washed away by the flood, until 10 am this morning, no body was found.

Thus, Quang Ngai has 3 deaths, 1 missing person and more than 20 people injured by flooding.

Thua Thien - Hue: The downstream area is still submerged in flood waters

By 18g this afternoon (November 17), the floodwaters had come down but too slowly so the communes in the lower part of the Bo River such as Quang Phu, Quang Vinh, Quang Phuoc, Quang An, Quang Thanh and Quang Thai of Quang Dien district (Thua Thien-Hue) is still deeply flooded.

By the evening of November 17, many communes in the lower section of the river were still deep in the water, people still had to use boats and boats to travel - photo NGUYEN DONG .

Particularly Quang An and Quang Thanh communes are completely isolated. Quang Dien District People's Committee must arrange 3 boats directly in Quang Phuoc commune to serve people.

On the afternoon of November 17, flood water in Quang An commune is still flooded, people go back to many difficulties - Photo NGUYEN DONG

According to Nguyen Hien, chairman of Quang An Commune People's Committee, said the whole commune has 5 villages still in serious flood. " Floodwaters have withdrawn but are withdrawn too slowly. Many places in the commune are still inundated to 0.8 m. All crops of the people in the commune have been completely damaged ."

Schools in Quang Vinh, Quang An and Quang Thanh still have to leave school for students. According to the teachers, if November 18 will be withdrawn, the schools will arrange staff and students to clean up the mud so that they can return to school.

Quang An Primary School No. 1 is still submerged in flood waters - Photo NGUYEN DONG.


Due to heavy rains, many commune roads and bridges were badly damaged (photo taken in Quang An commune) - NGUYEN DONG photo.

According to preliminary statistics, the whole province of Thua Thien Hue has 27,245 households in 41 communes of 6 districts, towns and Hue city along Bo, O Lau and Huong rivers which are flooded from 0.3-0.8m .