Flood rains divided Central Vietnam, 8 people were killed

This morning, the water level in the rivers from Ha Tinh to Quang Ngai is slowly withdrawn but many areas are still divided, traffic congestion. Flooding in the Central region has 8 deaths, 4 missing cases and 14 injured.

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According to the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control and Search and Rescue in Central and Highlands, flooding has made nearly 87,000 houses flooded, of which thousands of houses collapsed and damaged due to long-term immersion in the country.

This morning, rain and flood are still causing isolation, separating many areas
residents in the central provinces. (Photo: Tri Tin)

By this morning, on the National Highway 1A and some provincial roads in Quang Binh area, they still flooded more than half a meter. A part of the North-South railway is restored after landslides. The railway industry requires trains to slow down to avoid accidents. From last evening, five trains carrying nearly 2,000 passengers "stuck" at stations in Quang Tri began rolling, continuing their journey.

The flood caused heavy damage in Quang Tri, causing three deaths, one missing person, nearly 2,000 hectares of crops, more than 3,200 tons of food and 70 tons of damaged rice seeds and seeds.

In Quang Binh, it was estimated that flood and flooding caused nearly 50,000 houses to be deeply flooded, 4 people died, 8 others were injured; causing complete damage to more than 1,000 hectares of crops and 390 hectares of swept aquatic products .

Last night, Quang Binh provincial police mobilized forces to block, guide vehicles to go to Ho Chi Minh road, and support food and drinking water for passengers trapped on the road. Colonel Tu Hong Son, Director of the provincial police, said to clear the means stuck on National Highway 1A through the province, the police sent four traffic police teams, mobilizing police in the districts to respond across the route to stream. Vehicles that cannot go are guided to a safe place, providing food and water for passengers.

Flood and rain divided, people in the Central had to travel
by boat on the vast sea. (Photo: Tri Tin)

Natural disasters in the past days also caused mountain landslides, causing traffic congestion on many inter-commune and inter-district roads of Da Nang, Quang Nam and Quang Ngai. Currently on the Hai Van Pass, which lies on the boundary between Thua Thien - Hue and Da Nang, tens of thousands of blocks of rock and soil are at risk of landslides and landslides, obstructing traffic. In this situation, Quang Nam - Da Nang Railway Management Company must appoint 150 workers to be on duty at the stations on the pass to promptly handle the problem.

In Quang Nam province, flooding caused landslides and traffic congestion in many mountainous roads. The road from the center of Tay Giang district to upland communes, inter-communal roads in Bac Tra My district, Nong Son district, being flooded from 1 to 2m, cannot walk. Quang Nam mobilizes the mobilization of police and military forces to block in critical areas, prohibiting vehicles to ensure safety for the people.

At 17:00 pm, A Vuong Hydropower reservoir in Dong Giang district, Quang Nam province also officially opened the flood discharge valve with a flow of 100 m ³ per second. At present, floods on Vu Gia River surpass alert 2, many residential areas in Dai Hung, Dai Lanh and Dai Dong communes (Dai Loc district) are being flooded. Flood water in Thu Bon river also pulls in to flood and divide traffic of Nong Son and Duy Xuyen districts.

Thinking that the floodwaters had washed away the cattle, this morning, Mrs. Bui Thi Kim Chin stayed
Phuoc My village, Duc Hoa commune, Mo Duc district (Quang Ngai) was happy to find
the surviving sow breed. (Photo: Tri Tin)

In Quang Ngai, the routes to Tra Thanh, Tra Quan, Tra Khe and Tra Nham communes (Tay Tra district) and Son Lien and Son Long communes (Son Tay district) appear dozens of mountain landslides causing congestion. Serious traffic.

According to the Quang Ngai Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Rescue, at 9 am this morning, more than 4,400 houses were flooded in Mo Duc, Duc Pho and Nghia Hanh districts; the area of ​​crops damaged more than 400 hectares, floods flooded 440 tons of food, and many canals and ditches were heavily eroded. A solid bridge and two temporary bridges in Nghia Hanh and Mo Duc districts were washed away, thousands of cattle and poultry died.

Quang Ngai meteorological and hydrological center forecasted, on the afternoon of the flood in Tra Khuc and Ve rivers, it is at an alarming rate 2, Tra Bong flood river rises above the alarming level. big back.