Central region flooded in flood

Heavy rains during and after Nari storm, causing the water level of rivers and lakes in the provinces from Nghe An to Quang Binh to rise quickly, causing flooding in many localities. Initial statistics, there were 7 people died, 51 people were injured by consecutive floods.

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Floods washed away two teachers, Nguyen Thi Loc (Loc Ninh's homeland) and Bich Thuong (Dong Son village). Functional forces have found the body of Ms. Nguyen Thi Loc. This afternoon, while the family collected furniture to avoid flooding, a 7-year-old child died.

According to Quang Binh newspaper, flood water quickly increased in the morning of October 16, causing traffic through western districts of Quang Binh like Minh Hoa and Tuyen Hoa to be divided, many residential areas were isolated. A garage running Ba Don (Quang Trach) - Cha Lo border gate (Minh Hoa) said that the traffic on this road was completely paralyzed because of flooded white flood waters.

Meanwhile, in Phong Hoa commune (Tuyen Hoa district), flood water quickly rises at 8-9 am on October 16. About 500 houses of the whole commune are flooded with 1-2 meters. This highway 12A is also flooded about 7 km by flood water, so vehicles cannot move.

Mr. Vo Xuan Vinh, police of Phong Hoa commune said that because of being accustomed to flood, people in the commune actively moved their belongings to the attic, bringing buffalos and cows to the hill. Because the electricity grid was completely lost from 5 am this morning, in the evening, the whole commune was engulfed in darkness. Most people's phones are out of battery and cannot be reached. Fortunately, the whole commune does not have human damage.

"At 18h, the water stopped, the rain stopped. If the flood did not come back, at about noon the water would withdraw." Mr. Vinh said.

Rescue team put people's properties into safe areas.(Photo: CTV)

Heavy rains have sank hundreds of houses in Le Thuy district in Binh Minh villages (Duong Thuy commune), Tan Le village, Phu Tho (An Thuy commune), An Lac village (Loc Thuy commune), Vinh Quang village (commune Son Thuy) is submerged in flood water, some areas are very deep.

Ho Chi Minh Road, Phu Nhieu section flooded up to 3 m; National road 12A (the section running through Duc Hoa) is flooded with 0.6m; Quy Dat town is flooded with 1m; Road 15 (underground Bung, underground Vinh Tuy) flooded 2m, the railroad through Van Hoa commune flooded, traffic jams.

Also in the morning, a flash flood flattened the three houses in Xuan Hoa commune, Minh Hoa district, and the family members promptly escaped. Flash floods make the North-South railway congested.

The sentence of Hoa Thanh commune (Minh Hoa) collapsed.(Photo: Quang Binh Newspaper)

Not only in Quang Binh, some other localities in the Central flood area are rising fast. The rainfall measured at Khe Sanh (Quang Tri up to nearly 300 mm, Ta Luong (Thua Thien Hue) is about 300mm, Tam Ky (Quang Nam) at over 300mm.

In the past two days, Ha Tinh has heavy rain, some mountainous districts are flooded. 3 people were missing, more than 1000 houses were flooded.

Mr. Nguyen Thien, Vice Chairman of Ha Tinh province, said that the continuous rain caused the whole city of Ha Tinh and Huong Son, Huong Khe and Vu Quang districts to be heavily flooded. Nearly 300,000 students across the province are off school to avoid floods.

Mr. Nguyen Duy Trinh, Chairman of Huong Son district said that heavy rain caused the water to rise high, isolating about 20 communes. Currently, the forces are focusing on rescuing, and evacuating and protecting properties. Due to flash floods, upstream communes such as Son Kim 1, Son Kim 2, Son Bang, and Son Tay are severely affected such as collapsing houses, roofs, etc. The whole district has 3 dead and missing people. .

Ngan Pho river water surges through the national highway 8A in Son Diem commune (Huong Son), making the road flooded more than 1.5 m deep with a length of nearly 200 m; Local authorities, police forces and border guards have barricaded not to allow vehicles and people to pass through.

The means of transport through Highway 8A are congested, so some people in communes: Son Tay, Tay Son, Son Kim 1, Son Kim 2 . cannot return home.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Binh (Pho Chau town) said that the whole area is losing power. The rain was getting smaller but some roads into the city were isolated, the water was rising.

In Vu Quang district, there are 8 isolated communes. People want to move but cannot go yet because roads and bridges are flooded. They flooded about 1m, they moved up and waited for the border guards to help. The landslide highway 8 is being cleared by the border guards and cleared to allow vehicles from Cau Treo border gate to be inland.

In Huong Khe district, in the afternoon of October 16, the district had more than 700 houses flooded and isolated. Currently, district authorities have moved over 90 households to avoid flooding.

In Huong Son district, floodwaters rise rapidly, causing flooding of about 670 houses in communes like Son Kim 1, Son Kim 2 and Son Hong .

The Meteorological Station predicts floods on the rivers from Nghe An to Quang Binh continue to rise rapidly; and the rivers from Quang Tri to Quang Nam and Kon Tum gradually descend.

According to the report of the Vietnam Electricity Group and the Center for Flood and Storm Control in the Central Region and Central Highlands, most of the hydropower reservoirs in the Central region and the Central Highlands all have normal or approximate level of water level. normal water. There are 13/20 large hydropower reservoirs nearly full and overflow.

Trucks were swept away by floodwaters in Minh Hoa district.(Photo: Quang Binh Newspaper)

Center for Flood and Storm Control in Central and Central Highlands warned the Central provinces to pay special attention to 28 small reservoirs that are at risk of unsafe when heavy rain such as Lake Block 7, Huong Le, Tram Buoi, Khe Lau, Mu District, Trot Gieng, Trot Dau Trot Den (Quang Tri), Dong Bao, Nam Gian (Thua Thien-Hue), Ho Trau, An Long, Da Vach (Quang Nam).

Nghe An area in the last two days, rainfall is about 70 - 200mm. In the right districts of Thanh Chuong and Nam Dan . most reservoirs have overflowed at the design water level, combined with large regional rains which have flooded many downstream areas. The Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Control in districts and companies has organized a plan to evacuate lowland people and patrol and protect the dam.

On the afternoon of October 16, Mr. Ho Ngoc Mai, director of a northern Nghe An irrigation member limited company, said that Vuc Mau lake in Hoang Mai town has actively discharged the flood on October 14 from the water level elevation. 20.96m.

Hydropower reservoir Ban Ve has announced the operation of flood discharge reservoir for Tuong Duong District People's Committee, Khe Bo hydropower plant. But because the rainfall is not large, it has not been discharged yet. Song Sao lake in Nghia Dan district is discharging 1 gate, the current lake level is 55.0 / 55.7m.

October 16 at Ba Khe Lake in Nam Loc Commune (Nam Dan, Nghe An) the amount of water reached the point of a spillway and sharply sloped down to the downstream area, causing dozens of houses in Nam Loc Commune and communal kindergarten to get water. flooded with a place higher than 1 meter.

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Lanh - Nam Loc Party Committee Secretary said, because the water from the lake quickly poured into many households in hamlet 4 and village 5 of the commune were flooded into the house. By the afternoon of the same day, the water was withdrawn.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Xinh, a kindergarten teacher in Nam Loc commune (Nam Dan district) said that it was raining heavily, so from the morning the teacher decided to let the children leave school. " In the afternoon, I was at the school when I saw the flood of water flowing from the gate in a short while flooding the water. The water continued to flow into the floor of the classrooms, which caused the students to wet and float, especially is the amount of rice stored for the children in the school that could not be carried away, so the water was flooded. "

Mr. Cao Van Binh (60 years old, in hamlet 4, Nam Loc commune) breathed heavily when he had just finished carrying nearly 5 quintals of rice on the floor to the shelf. He said that this afternoon, he was sleeping when the water rushed from the gate to the house. For a moment the water spilled into the floor nearly half a meter high."I tried to evacuate some of the rice weights lying on the floor to prevent it from getting wet and still could not keep up," Mr. Binh said. Mr. Binh's house is located at the foot of Ba Khe dam for decades, but has not flowed so much in this dam every year.

In the evening, Vinh city and rainy districts are still very big, many roads in the city are flooded. The mountainous districts of western Nghe An are also having heavy rain. Local authorities are taking precautions to prevent flash floods and landslides.

All search and rescue forces in the province are maintaining rescue and rescue facilities to be ready to respond when required.

According to the Road Management Zone IV , on the National Highway No. 18 through Ha Tinh, it has been submerged 0.4-0.8m in many sections causing traffic congestion.

On Ho Chi Minh Road, the section running through Quang Binh province has 2 points deep in the depth of 0.5-0.7m, causing traffic jams from 6am. On the national highway 12C, there are also 2 points, which are deeply submerged to half a meter of water, 1 point of water is over 70cm.

High flood also caused the North-South railway to be paralyzed from Vinh to Dong Hoi from this morning with 7 points of great landslide, many sections of railway were deeply submerged 0.4-0.6m in the country. According to Pham Van Binh, Head of Railway Traffic Safety Department, Vietnam Railways Corporation, there are 3 landslides have been treated, while others have to wait for the withdrawal of water to bring people and vehicles into repair.

Due to the stagnant railway, 3 trains SE3, SE19, SE8 were stuck at stations in Vinh, Quang Binh from 5am with about 1,000 passengers. All passengers are provided with drinking water and free food while waiting for the passage. Mr. Binh said that the flood is not rising so it may be withdrawn tonight. The railway industry will quickly repair the road to make it as fast as possible.