Over 32,700 houses in Quang Binh province remain deeply submerged due to heavy rain and flooding.
In Quang Binh province, 32,767 houses were severely flooded, mainly in Le Thuy district, Quang Ninh district and Dong Hoi city; the floods caused one death and one person is missing.
Due to the impact of Typhoon No. 6, heavy rain continues in Quang Binh province, causing a further increase in the number of severely flooded houses.
As of 5:00 AM on October 29th, 32,767 houses in the province were severely flooded; the floods caused one death and one person is missing.
Among them, Le Thuy district had over 19,760 houses, Quang Ninh district had over 12,000 houses, and Dong Hoi city had 1,000 houses that were severely flooded.
Quang Binh province has relocated 1,249 households with 3,681 people; of which Quang Ninh district had the highest number of relocations with 1,105 households and 3,125 people. Local authorities also carried out on-site relocation for 9,123 households.
In addition, the entire province has 76 flooded areas on transportation routes. Of these, 14 points on national highways are flooded, mainly on National Highways 9B, 15, 9C, 9E, and 1; 62 points on provincial roads are flooded in Dong Hoi City, Bo Trach, Minh Hoa, and Quang Trach districts. Furthermore, there are 15 landslide points on national highways and in districts and towns.
To ensure the safety of people traveling, the Road Management Area II (Vietnam Road Administration) proactively coordinated with local traffic police forces to promptly divert traffic to bypass routes, preventing people from using deeply flooded sections of road.
Due to heavy rainfall in recent days, the current water levels of 35 large and medium-sized irrigation reservoirs managed by the One-Member Limited Liability Company for Irrigation Works Exploitation have reached 92.9% of their designed capacity; reservoirs managed by local authorities have reached over 98.92%.
Quang Binh province has instructed relevant units and localities to implement plans to ensure the safety of lives and property for people in flood-affected areas; erect warning signs, assign personnel to be on duty and guard roads that are deeply flooded or affected by landslides; and absolutely prohibit people and vehicles from passing through these roads.
