Staff Writers
A road is seen heavily flooded in Tinh Gia District, Thanh Hoa Province on Tuesday - Photo: Pham Tho
Quang Binh suffered most from the typhoon as nearly 50 houses collapsed while strong winds unroofed thousands of others. Many schools, hospitals, government offices and other public works in the province were damaged.
According to Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN), interprovincial power lines in the region, including a 500kV line running from Ha Tinh Province to Danang City, were damaged. As of 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, over 300,000 families in Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Thanh Hoa and Quang Tri had had no power supply.
Torrential rains breached four reservoirs in Thanh Hoa Province, flooding nearly 5,000 homes in Tinh Gia District and breaking many dyke stretches. A part of National Highway 1A in the province was heavily submerged, causing traffic congestion for hours.
Le Hong Nghi, a resident in Hoa Lam village in the district, said a child was swept away by floodwaters. Local people had to climb onto their homes’ roofs to take shelter while many trucks were stuck on the road on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, over 250 hectares of crops in Thua Thien-Hue Province were damaged. Landslides hit over 220 hectares of aquaculture, 20 kilometers of dyke and over five kilometers of seacoast.
Vietnam Railways Corporation on Tuesday cancelled all scheduled train services from Hanoi City to the country’s south as railroads in the central region were under water. It said it would return all the money to passengers.
According to the Center for Flood and Storm Control in the Central and Central Highlands, medium and large reservoirs along the coast from Quang Binh to Ninh Thuan provinces were operating as normal on Tuesday. Their water levels were 20% to 70% designed capacity.
Meanwhile, reservoirs from Quang Binh to Thua Thien-Hue were almost full, including Tien Lang, Minh Cam, Trung Thuan in Quang Binh Province, Phu Dung in Quang Tri, Hoa My in Thua Thien-Hue, Khe Tan in Quang Nam, and Suoi Trau in Khanh Hoa.
Đăng ký: VietNam News