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Vehicles are stuck in a traffi c jam given heavy rains on Monday - Photos: KG
Strong wind reduces a house to rubble in the central region on Monday
Most rivers swelled and the sea level rose dangerously in Quang Binh Province after the storm hit Le Thuy District in the afternoon. Around 50 houses in the district were damaged, followed by blackout in several areas.
Nguyen Dinh Hieu, secretary of Le Thuy District Party Committee, said that this was the strongest storm in the province since 1985. Local residents had not faced such a strong storm for a long time.
The storm also brought downpours and floods there and in neighboring localities such as Ha Tinh, Nghe An and Thua Thien-Hue. Water levels of rivers from Nghe An and Quang Ngai were swelling fast, causing flooding danger in many riverside residential areas within the next one or two days.
According to Thua Thien-Hue Province’s flood and storm prevention steering committee, strong wind blew off the roofs of over 100 houses in the province. A person in Phu Loc District was hospitalized while many irrigation systems were damaged.
Landslides hit several seaside communes in Phu Vang and Quang Dien districts, prompting hundreds of households to evacuate from the areas. As of Monday, nearly 3,400 households with over 10,800 people had left their homes to avoid flood impacts.
In Quang Tri Province, the typhoon damaged over 1,500 houses, 2,500 hectares of farming areas and many public works such as schools, roads and hydropower projects. The province suffered blackout on Monday afternoon as the 220-kV electricity line collapsed.
Besides, many trees in Dong Ha City fell down in the strong wind, causing traffic congestion on many roads. Torrential rains also filled up 130 reservoirs in Quang Tri, causing a high danger of dams breaking and flashflood in lower areas.
After making landfall over a large swathe of areas from Quang Binh to Ha Tinh, the typhoon weakened as of the evening.
According to Ha Tinh Province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, there were around 350 reservoirs in the province with water levels swelling fast. If downpours continue today, the reservoirs, especially old ones, will be crumpling and cause floods in neighboring areas.
Bui Duc Long from the National Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Center said that the typhoon would weaken into a tropical depression and then to a low pressure system this morning.
Đăng ký: VietNam News