Heavy rain causes local flooding on National Highway 1A, section passing through Nghe An

(Baonghean.vn) - Heavy rain from the night of November 7 and the morning of November 8 caused localized flooding in many sections of National Highway 1A, passing through Hoang Mai town (Nghe An). Many other roads in the province also "turned into rivers" after the recent rain.

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Many flooded sections on National Highway 1A through Hoang Mai town.

The longest and deepest flooded section is at the intersection of Quynh Xuan ward in block 16 and the intersection in front of Hoang Mai Irrigation Enterprise in block 13 with a length of about 100m. The flooding makes it quite difficult for vehicles to pass through here.

Some other locations such as the south of Hoang Mai bridge, Mai Hung ward, blocks 7 and 8 of Quynh Thien ward were also flooded on the road for motor vehicles. The functional forces in Hoang Mai town promptly had traffic signs to help road users recognize and avoid, limiting unfortunate accidents from happening.

The rain flooded the streets but many shops still "fortified" on the side of the road even though there were no customers.

This heavy rain also caused many vegetable areas in Quynh Lien and newly planted potatoes in Mai Hung ward to be flooded. The largest reservoir in Nghe An province, Vuc Mau reservoir, located in Quynh Trang commune, Hoang Mai town, on the morning of November 8, also began to discharge one spillway at 9:00 a.m. with a discharge volume of 47 - 50m3/second according to the reservoir's safe operation process.

National Highway 48B through Quynh Luu area was also flooded in many sections. Photo by Hong Dien

* Heavy rain also caused flooding on National Highway 48B, the section connecting Cau Giat intersection to Quynh My market (Quynh Luu).The main reason for this situation is that the project to build an overpass at the intersection of National Highway 1A and National Highway 48B connecting Lach Quen port, which is under construction, has filled up the drainage culverts, causing the water to stagnate and have no place to drain.

Provincial Road 537B is heavily flooded - photo by Viet Hung

*Provincial Road 537B runs through Quynh Luu districtwith a total length of nearly 10km. The heavy rain that lasted for more than a day caused this provincial road to be flooded. The deepest flooded area was the section passing through Quynh Bang and Quynh Luong communes with a flooded length of more than 1km.

Nguyen Van - Dinh Trang - Hong Dien - Viet Hung