Historic flood, dead people, flooded houses, lifeboats turned over

Sitting on the canoe running into the floodplain, VietNamNet reporter could not recognize what was the house, what was the road because only white was water, sometimes some roofs rose; On the roof, there are many people.

6h40: Being present on the canoes running into the flood area of ​​Quang Binh, VietNamNet reporter received information from the Chairman of Quang Binh People's Committee: Not being able to grasp the damage because there is no information yet. The military command of Quang Binh province during the last night came to save hunger, to save people and to save 400 people by 3am.

VietNamNet reporter canoe is running through Phong Hoa (Quang Binh). This is not the most heavily flooded area but according to observations, the tallest houses flooded the first floor, there is a place on the second floor of the second floor, and the level 4 house only sees the roof.

On the way to the navel of flood, VietNamNet reporter saw a lot of people sitting on the roof, on rafts and on boats. The water-measuring buoys on Gianh River all broke and were swept to shore. Half of the railway tunnel shows that the railway has sunk very deeply.

Cars with high roar loads may be misleading . (Photos taken in Ha Tinh on the afternoon of August 7)

Local leaders sit on canoes that do not recognize the area, ward, commune, only follow the map of the army. A provincial leader sitting on a canoe said, there are 80,000 people in the flooded area.

After running all night, canoes arrived at Phong Hoa commune headquarters, Tuyen Hoa district. Here the water is half-leveled by the first floor, there are about 20 people who are hiding and strangely there are no commune officials present at the headquarters.

Mr. Phan Lam Phuong, Chairman of Quang Binh People's Committee immediately criticized and asked Tuyen Hoa district to take urgent measures to save people. A person present at the commune office said that Phong Hoa commune had 3 deaths last night. The water started to come down but flowed very fast, many level 4 houses began to pour.

According to the Military Command of Quang Binh province, a rescue ship was overturned in Tien Hoa commune and floated down to Van Hoa commune (10km away); There were 12 soldiers on the ship, 10 people were rescued at 8 o'clock, two people still stuck in the compartment. By 9h15, he could save another soldier in critical condition and a soldier still stuck in.

In Mai Hoa commune, the irrigation reservoir dam is about to break, so the People's Committee and the Military Command have mobilized evacuation forces in the entire area. On the way to dam Bo, Mr. Phuong thought of a solution to blasting the secondary dam to discharge water in the lake, also to relieve the flood.

In order to rescue 10 communes of Tuyen Hoa district, the Quang Binh Provincial Military Command dispatched 1 main army battalion, a engineering company, 4 large ships and 8 special vehicles.

Talking over the phone, Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Dien, the director of the Quang Binh Flood and Storm Control Committee, said the flood was too fast in the night and exceeded the historic flood peak in 1996 0.64m. Most of the communes in the periphery, the people must go to the roof of the house and the branches.

The locality mobilized forces in place to rescue people, to save anyone who brought them to high places. The Steering Committee gathers data and so far has not been able to report quickly.

10h15, VietNamNet reporter is present at Be dam, water prevention for Minh Hoa irrigation. The lake level is high compared to the flood level of hundreds meters. Currently, the country is 7-8m from the top of the dam and is continuing to exercise. The weak spot is the dam is repairing, has removed all the concrete, is pouring up the soil, the water level has nearly reached the landfill.

If this dam breaks, it will wipe out 3 communes: Phong Hoa, Mai Hoa and Chau Hoa. The current construction team is very thin, only a few excavators remain.

According to irrigation officials, if it continues to rain, it will break. People around are still very calm because they have not received a warning.

At 10 am, the rescue force is not available to migrate as required.

At 10:30, over the phone, Mr. Luong Duy Bich, a military lieutenant colonel returned to leave to say that at 1:30 last night, the water had reached the highest point, about 50cm up to his ceiling. Currently, the country is withdrawing but many people are still in danger.

This morning the water stopped, it is currently withdrawing very slowly, 1 hour is 20cm. Some heavy flooded people were picked up by the district rescue team at 8-9 am, then called for a very large rescue but found no one.

According to VietNamNet reporter in Canh Hoa (Tuyen Hoa), the sky has stopped raining, sunny, dozens of canoes are still diligently rescuing but no information about the damage.

Exceeding flood peaks in 1993 and 1996

According to the National Center for Meteorological and Hydrological Forecasting, provinces from Nghe An to Quang Binh had heavy to heavy rains.Rainfall from 1h on 6/8 to 4h on 8/8 was measured at Ha Tinh station is 509mm;Huong Khe is 980mm;The ceremony is 687mm;Dong Tam is 1038mm;Mai Hoa is 849mm.

Floods on rivers in Ha Tinh are rising fast;floods on Gianh river (Quang Binh province) and Srepok river (Daklak province) have peaked and are slowing down.Flood water level on Gianh river in Dong Tam is 18.34 m at 21:00 on August 7 at historical flood level in 1993 (18.32 m) , in Mai Hoa is 9.48 m at 24/8 August (above alarm level 3 is 3.48 m and 0.65 m higher than the historical flood in 1993 ;Srepok river in Ban Don is 175.84m at 19h on August 7 (on alarm 3 is 2.74m).

The water level at 4:00 on August 8, on Gianh river in Dong Tam is 17.55 m (on alarm 3 is 1.55 m), in Mai Hoa is 9.22 m (above the alarm level 3 is 3.22 m and high over the historical flood in 1993 was 0.39m) ; Ngan Sau river at Chu Le (Ha Tinh province) is 16.01m (3.01m in alarm 3 and 0.59m higher than historical flood in 1996) , in Hoa Duyet (Ha Tinh province) is 10.28m (on alarm 3 is 0.28 m);La river at Linh Cam (Ha Tinh province) is 3.61m (under alarm 1 is 0.39m).

Flood forecasting on rivers in Ha Tinh continues to rise rapidly, Gianh River in Mai Hoa and Srepok River in Ban Don slow down and remain at a very high level.This evening (August 8), the La river at Linh Cam is capable of peaking at 5.3 m (under alarm 2 is 0.2 m);water level of Gianh river in Mai Hoa is likely to drop to 8.0m (2.0 m on alarm 3);Srepok river in Ban Don down to 175.10m (on alarm 3 is 2.0m).

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