Central Vietnam buried in the flood

Heavy rains have places up to 600 mm from Thua Thien - Hue to Binh Dinh, in which flood navel in Quang Ngai and Quang Nam, causing 10 deaths, tens of thousands of people isolated. Floods flooded through National Highway 1A causing traffic congestion.

By the evening of November 16, Quang Nam province had 6 deaths due to flood. The fast flowing water breaks two beats of Go Noi bridge (also known as Black bridge connecting National Highway 1A with Go Noi), causing traffic congestion. The unique route to Nam Tra My district was cut off. Bac Tra My district has 8 out of 13 communes completely separated and isolated.

>>>Traffic congestion on Highway 1A

Song Tranh 2 hydropower bypass road was eroded hundreds of blocks of rock, hindering traffic from Tra Dong commune to Tra Nu and Tra Cot. Tra Giang, Tra Doc, Tra Bui and Tra My towns have more than 50 landslides. Strong floods push rock and soil into 10 houses. The house of Ms. Le Thi Vinh in Tra Giang commune was swept away by the water, damaged the whole property, unfortunately there was no damage to people.

Until last night, Nong Son district was still heavily flooded, many roads flooded more than one meter deep, even the road from Duy Xuyen district to Nong Son flooded up to 3 meters, traffic was divided. This morning, flood water on the road receded slowly.

In Quang Ngai, at 20:00 on the night of November 16, the eroded rock mountain collapsed 3 houses in Son Thanh commune (Son Ha), crushing Dinh Thi Tam (10 years old), 3 others were injured.

Heavy rain caused heavy landslide of provincial road 622B, isolating 18,000 people in the mountainous district of Tay Tra. At present, the provincial road from Tra Bong to Tay Tra has 5 mountain landslides, of which the highest is at km 35 in Tra Lam commune (Tra Bong). Tens of thousands of cubic meters of rock and soil block across the road, causing traffic congestion, completely isolating Tay Tra district.

Mr. Ho Van Di in Tra Phong commune (Tay Tra) went to visit his sick relatives in Tra Xuan town (Tra Bong), but was stuck here due to mountain erosion from the past two days. " The big blocks of rock as big as the hill slipped down all the way, I had to stay with my relatives in Tra Bong for a few more days waiting for the traffic ," Mr. Dit said.

The route from the center of Tay Tra district to the communes is also completely divided by heavy landslides and high river and stream water. More than 450 people in Tra Trung commune lost contact, cut off electricity due to landslides and collapsed electric poles, broken telephone cables.

Talking to VnExpress this morning, Mr. Ho Van Canh, Chairman of Tay Tra District People's Committee worried: 'The most worrisome thing is when an emergency patient is transferred to the higher level, the district health center does not know how to do it, it is very dangerous for patients. In an emergency, the rescue and rescue work in communes in the area face many obstacles due to road congestion '.

Currently, rice stockpiles in 9 communes of Tay Tra district (each commune reserves 2 tons of rice) ensure enough food for people to hold out for 10 days. If the isolation is prolonged, the district is at risk of depleting food, people fall into hunger.

At the same time, the flood rises in the night, flooding the Rin River Bridge to over 2 meters, completely separating the mountainous district of Son Tay. Mr. Pham Tan Hoang, Chairman of Son Tay District People's Committee said that during the afternoon from 16pm to this morning, heavy rain poured down the district continuously. The water from the upstream flows to the Rin River continues to rise. At least three days must go to Son Tay district to escape the isolated situation.

Floods flooded from 1.5 to 2 meters deep, separating the traffic mostly from Chau O town to Binh Duong, Binh Minh, Binh Chanh and Binh Thoi communes, Binh Son district. More than 10,000 households in Binh Son, Son Tinh, Nghia Hanh and Tu Nghia districts are submerged in flood waters.

Up to 23h last night, the localities in Quang Ngai province have moved and evacuated more than 3,000 households with more than 11,000 people out of flooded areas, the risk of mountain landslides. At present, Quang Ngai has 3 deaths, one is missing due to the flood.

The water level of Tra Bong river exceeds the alarm 3, the floodwaters run through the highway, nearly a meter, traffic on the 1A route through Chau O town, Quang Ngai, is congested. Different types of cars are lined up in long lines on many roads.

Talking to VnExpress on the afternoon of November 16, Colonel Huynh Ngoc Phuong, deputy head of the traffic police department, police of Quang Ngai province said: " 25 officers and soldiers of the police and traffic inspectors have been mobilized. 24 / 24h, absolutely do not let people go to Chau O town area ".

At the 2 posts, blocking Doc Soi fork (Binh Nguyen commune) and Binh Long fork (Binh Long commune), forces are in charge of regulating and distributing traffic, not allowing any means to move on national highway 1A. being flooded deeply due to flooding.

Police also organized a temporary traffic flow on the trans-Vietnam route through Quang Ngai. Accordingly, the direction of traffic from the North to the South must go down to Vo Van Kiet Street, Dung Quat Economic Zone to go back to Binh Long fork and vice versa, to ensure safety.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, some young people used tricycles to open motorbike transfer service through flooded routes, with prices ranging from 20,000 to 30,000 VND.