The central region is sunk in flood

On the morning of November 8, the flood of rivers from Thua Thien - Hue to Quang Nam surpassed the most dangerous alarm to a meter. More than 6,000 houses along the river are flooded, there are places to the roof. Flooding has left 10 people dead and missing.

Thua Thien - Hue caught the most rain. In the past 3 days, a series of rainfall points of over 500 mm, such as Thuong Nhat 770mm, Nam Dong 850mm. Rainfall of the whole month has pushed up the river flood, such as in Kim Long on the Huong River beyond alarm 3 (the most dangerous level) over 60cm; at Ai Nghia on Vu Gia river, 3 meters beyond the alarm.

Currently, the whole province has more than 4,000 houses in Huong Tra, Quang Dien and Hue cities deeply flooded, some places flooded to the roof. Provincial roads such as TL4, TL8A, 8B, TL17 . are flooded up to a meter, making many communes of Quang Dien, Phong Dien and Huong Tra districts completely isolated. Grid electricity is cut, the house is flooded again, food and food shortages make tens of thousands of people in trouble.

Many areas in Hue are deeply submerged. (Photo: Van Dong)

On November 7, at the position of No.1 bridge in Huong Hoa commune, Huong Thuy town has a 30m long barge exploiting sand to serve the drifting, overturning Ta Trach reservoir for danger to the public. submit. Ta Trach is the second largest reservoir in northern Central Vietnam, with a capacity of more than 509 million cubic meters. Mr. Le Truong Luu, Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee came to the scene to direct the army of engineers to clear air in the bottom chambers, sink and anchor barges to protect the lake.

In Quang Nam , lowland districts such as Dai Loc, Que Son, Duy Xuyen, Dien Ban and Hoi An city are deeply submerged. Road 611 Que Son - Nong Son flooded nearly 2m. Floodwaters cross the Truong River underground as a unique route to 5 upland communes of Bac Tra My district and to Nam Tra My district completely separated from these days.

Mr. Huynh Tan Trieu, Chairman of Nong Son District People's Committee, said that to ensure the safety of the people, the district has relocated 1,200 households with more than 6,000 people in Que Ninh, Que Trung, Que Loc and Phuoc Ninh communes. , Que Lam . came out of dangerous places at risk of landslides and flash floods to the offices of commune People's Committees and schools.

In Dai Loc district, last night, flood water on Vu Gia River exceeded the alarm level 3, causing paralysis of the entire transport system in the area. Dai Loc District People's Committee directed localities and on-site forces to evacuate about 1,000 households with 5,000 people in low-lying areas to safe places before 7/11.

Standing at the spillway point of Liet Son reservoir, many
People are anxious to flood flooding houses and properties. (Photo: Tri Tin)

In Quang Ngai, due to heavy rain that lasted for three days, the water from the upstream poured in to make Liet Son reservoir, Duc Pho district exceed the height of 0.7m, the amount of water increased by 2 million cubic meters compared to the set capacity next. Quang Ngai Irrigation Works Exploitation Company discharged lake flood with the intensity of 294 cubic meters per second starting from 11 pm on November 7.

Duc Pho district issued a notice to people of Pho Hoa, Pho Minh and Pho Vinh communes ready to respond. Before this information, Tran Khanh in Pho Hoa commune, Duc Pho district worriedly said: "Listening to the government's announcement of flood discharge of Liet Son reservoir, my family hurriedly cleared up the things, put the bags of rice up. Missing the house, the whole house gathers ready to move to avoid flooding.

Heavy flooding also made 30 reservoirs seriously degraded. Talking to PV, Mr. Nguyen Mau Van, Deputy Director of Quang Ngai Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said that in 115 reservoirs, there are 30 lakes with a total capacity of more than 50 million cubic meters in districts: Binh Son , Son Tinh, Mo Duc, Duc Pho and Ba To . were built in the 1980s seriously degraded.

"When the flood is heavy, the lakes hanging from 10 to 20 m high are dangerous for hundreds of thousands of people living in areas at the foot of the lake," Mr. Van said.