Floods caused by torrential rains have hit the central provinces over the last four days, killing at least five and leaving three others missing.
On Sunday thousands of central residents were evacuated when the rainfall hit the record 610 millimeters in several areas.
In Ha Tinh province, the rainfall hit 300-400 millimeters in several areas, with heavy rains in Huong Khe and Vu Quang districts leaving six communes completely isolated.
Roads linking Duc Tho and Vu Quang districts were deeply submerged, and residents had to use boats for traveling. Vu Quang district authorities have evacuated 800 households living in the landslide-prone places to safer places.
On Sunday, the water level of Ha Tinh’s Ho Ho hydropower plant was over 4 million cubic meters. Water submerged more than 1 meter over the dam surface, putting it at the risk of rupture and threatening more than 8,000 people from 14 communes lying along the Ngan Sau river (Huong Khe district).
Vice Chairman Tran Minh Ky of Ha Tinh province has asked hydropower plant managers to find ways to release flood waters to prevent the dam from breaking.
Ha Tinh province is sending rescue forces to 14 communes in Huong Khe district affected by hydropower reservoir for emergency relocation of 8,000 people during the night.
Huong Khe district has reported one dead and three missing people.
In Quang Binh province, more than 3,000 houses were deeply submerged. Le Nam Giang, Vice Chairman of Tuyen Hoa district (Quang Binh), said the district had nearly 3,000 homes in Chau Hoa, Duc Hoa, Hoa Mai districts along the Gianh river flooded 0.4-1 meter.
Nearly 1,000 households in the communes have relocated to higher areas. The part from Highway 1A to the international Cha Lo border gate was flooded to 1 meter, causing traffic breakdown. Many communes in Tuyen Hoa district were still divided.
At Dong Hoi station, there was still no sign of resumption for the north – south railway, according to Nguyen Thanh Khanh, deputy director of the station.
On Sunday, two trains with some 600 passengers had to stay at the station after the railway was flooded.
In Quang Tri province, water level at local rivers kept rising, making residents unable to handle. According to initial statistics, more than 2,000 households were flooded in Hai Lang district.
The district’s Committee for Floods and Storms Prevention and Control has evacuated 330 households out of dangerous areas. In Cam Lo district, dozens of farmers in Cam Tuyen commune, Cam Lo town along Hieu river were submerged in heavy floods.
In Quang Tri town, flood water has reached alarming level, claiming the properties of hundreds of river-side residents. Meanwhile, the province has reported one fatality caused by flooding.
In Thua Thien – Hue province, many national highways and provincial roads were divided due to flooding. On Sunday, dozens of roads in Hue city were flooded up to 1 meter deep in several places.
In Phong Dien district, a whirlwind swept away many roofs and fallen trees. Heavy rains submerged the irrigation lakes and hydropower reservoirs in the province.
In Nghe An province, floods swept away one student, and two farmers were killed by lightning. A ship with 850 tons of cement and more than 3,000 liters of oil sank into the sea; eight sailors were rescued.
According to Bui Minh Tang, Director of the Central Hydro-meteorological Forecast Center, a depression is forming off the coast of Quang Nam - Binh Thuan provinces, and is predicted to get stronger in the next few days.
In addition, cold air that has affected northern provinces will continue to slam into the central coast. The cold air associated with the depression may bring heavy rains to the provinces from Nghe An to Binh Thuan, he said.
The center forecast flood waters in the rivers from Ha Tinh to Thua Thien - Hue provinces will continue to rise.
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