Evacuate urgently hundreds of households avoiding floods in Thanh Hoa

Rapid flooding surrounded the mountainous districts of Thanh Hoa, causing hundreds of households to evacuate urgently to solid buildings in a high position.

Thanh Hoa evacuated hundreds of households urgently to avoid floods

On the afternoon of August 3, the Standing Office of the Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Rescue in Thanh Hoa province said that more than 100 households in the mountainous districts of Quan Hoa, Cam Thuy and Muong Lat were flooded due to the water level of the Ma River. high. Dozens of other households are at risk of being isolated because of the flood. These households were ordered to evacuate to schools and offices in high places.

Floodwaters flooded a house in the mountainous district of Quan Hoa.(Photo: Trung Son.)

Thousands of cubic meters of soil and rock spilled onto the National Highway 15C through the area of ​​Nhi Son commune, Muong Lat district suffered from 3 points of landslides in the villages of Chim, Pa Hoc and Cua. Two houses in this district are also damaged by rock and soil.

A suspension bridge crosses the Ma River in the Éo area (Thanh Xuan commune, Quan Hoa district) and the Hoi Xuan hydropower dam is swept away . People are having to use rafts to cross. Thousands of hectares of crops are in danger of losing.

Two men in Thanh Son commune used planks to move on the road, flooding the whole meter.(Photo: Trung Son.)

By 18:00 on August 3, the flood had signs of withdrawal but was very slow due to heavy rain still pouring upstream.

The water level of Ba Thuoc 2 hydropower reservoir ( Ba Thuoc and Thanh Hoa districts) is high on alarm I (40.5 m). Hoang Anh Thanh Hoa hydropower has conducted flood discharge to avoid dam breach lake.

During the period of flood discharge , people are absolutely advised not to walk, collect firewood, to catch fish in fast-flowing places where signs have been posted.

Flood water in upstream Ma River has not shown signs of withdrawal.(Photo: Trung Son.)

From July 31 until now, the North has heavy rain due to the effect of low trench. Mountainous provinces such as Dien Bien, Son La, Lao Cai, Lang Son, heavy rain in a short time have formed flash floods, flooding of pipes made 10 people dead, many houses washed away.

Earlier on July 25 to 28, the biggest flood in 50 years in Quang Ninh has killed 17 people and caused property losses of over VND 1,500 billion.