Emergency response to isolated residential areas after floods

This afternoon, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai will directly monitor the flood situation in North Central. 28 people have died, many areas in Quang Binh and Ha Tinh are still isolated and need emergency rescue.

In the face of flooding in the Central provinces in recent days and the threat from tropical depressions off the Gulf of Tonkin, this morning the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control met with an urgent meeting with the Minister. Agriculture Cao Duc Phat.

By 6 am on October 6, the number of people who died due to flood and rain for nearly a week in the Central provinces was 28 (Nghe An 6, Ha Tinh 7, Quang Binh 12, Quang Tri 3), 7 missing people, 9 injured person.

On October 5, the rain in this area was reduced, so the floods on the rivers from Ha Tinh to Quang Binh are now down. However, the water level is slow and is at a high level of alarm. According to statistics, 82 communes in 9 districts of Ha Tinh were flooded; In Quang Binh, there are more than 34,000 houses of 6 districts; Quang Tri 52 communes of 8 districts .

According to Minister Cao Duc Phat, the urgent task is to approach isolated residential areas to rescue. (Illustration)

It is noteworthy that many areas in Quang Binh and Ha Tinh are still isolated due to the separation of roads.

While the flooding is still complicated, the low pressure area south of Hainan Island (China) has strengthened into a tropical depression from October 5 and changed direction continuously. According to the Central Hydrometeorological Forecast Center, in the next 2-3 days, low pressure of rain and wind gusts mainly in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin and Hoang Sa archipelagoes, causing less rain on the mainland.

Agriculture Minister Cao Duc Phat said that in this day, the country will gradually withdraw. With the current situation, it is urgent to approach isolated villages and communes in flood areas to understand the situation and timely rescue and relief. "To urgently support food and drink, medicine and response to floods and floods. Try to mobilize resources on the spot and in the neighborhood", the Minister directed.

Mr. Phat requested the Ministry of Health to urgently support drugs and chemicals to treat clean water on the spot. In the current situations, roads in Quang Binh and Ha Tinh provinces are mainly flooded, particularly Ho Chi Minh road is landslide. Ministry of Transport should soon grasp the situation, handle and soon open the traffic as soon as the water recedes.

Pyramids are constantly changing direction, pouring rain and endangering the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin.Photo: NCHMF.

According to Mr. Phat, this afternoon 13pm, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai will visit the market in the central provinces, directing the work of overcoming.

Meanwhile, according to a report of the Search and Rescue Committee, from yesterday, rescue helicopters were mobilized. It is expected that 12 to 14 helicopters will reach isolated areas and be isolated, providing food and necessities.

In terms of ships and boats on the sea, although there are 40 ships in distress (sinking and drifting), there are no fishermen killed. By this morning, the Border Guard had contacted 26,987 ships, with 98,876 coastal workers from Quang Ninh to Quang Ngai knowing the location of the tropical depressions, organizing instructions to avoid and stay for these vehicles.

According to statistics, the rainfall from 1 to 5 October in the Central provinces reached a record level. In Quang Binh, Minh Hoa district is over 1,600 mm, Mai Hoa is nearly 1,300 mm, Dong Tam is more than 1,150 mm, Tuyen Hoa is over 980 mm . The North Central provinces have a common rainfall from 500 to over 800 mm.