Heavy rains caused flooding in many localities in Nghe An province.

Quynh Luu: urgently operate the flood drainage system

By the morning of September 11, 2011, heavy rains were widespread, causing flooding in Quynh Luu district over 500 hectares of summer-autumn rice in Hoang Mai town, Quynh Hung... On National Highway 1A, the section passing through Quynh Van commune, about 1km, was flooded, causing traffic congestion. If heavy rains continue throughout today, Quynh Luu will have over 3,500 hectares flooded, mainly in communes located near drainage areas such as Quynh Ngoc and Quynh Ba communes. Many residential areas will be flooded in villages such as Quynh Van, Quynh Di, Quynh Nghia communes... The People's Committee of Quynh Luu district is focusing on directing the Irrigation Enterprise and communes to take advantage of the low tide to operate and open drainage gates to drain the flood. Such as Binh Son drainage gate, B2 Mai Hung, 4B culvert...

Tuong Duong: many communes have landslides on traffic roads

Continuous rains caused many communes in the inner areas of Tuong Duong district to be flooded such as Yen Na, Yen Hoa, Nga My, Xieng My... Especially in Yen Hoa commune from the district center, the commune was isolated due to flood water. The section from Hao village to Xieng Lip village was eroded nearly 1000 m causing traffic jam. The newly put into use road along Cha Ha - Yen Na - Yen Tinh stream had many sections with landslides of both yin and yang and mountain slopes. The official road to Ban Ve Hydropower Plant passing through Xieng Huong village, Xa Luong commune was eroded about 50 meters. Up to this point, the rainfall in Tuong Duong is estimated to reach 200 mm. Water in streams is rising very quickly such as Huoi Nguyen stream into Yen Thang commune. In Yen Hoa alone, more than 70 households in Xieng Lip village and 75 households in Hao village along Cha Ha stream were submerged due to flood water. Many communes are at risk of landslides such as Tam Hop, Yen Thang, Tam Quang...

Tuong Duong district has mobilized police, army, militia, etc. to stay close to key areas in the inner communes to promptly respond.

Yen Thanh - Dien Chau: Preventing the risk of dam breakage

In Dien Chau district, over 200 hectares of corn along the coast of Dien Thanh, Dien Trung... were flooded. Thanks to the timely operation of drainage sluices such as Dien Thanh, Dien Thuy, and Dien Hai sluices, the rice area has not been damaged.

For Yen Thanh district, this year, the structure of 13,400 hectares of summer-autumn rice has been structured, and about 10% of the area has been harvested. The floods in the past 3 days have caused flooding of nearly 2,000 hectares of rice, concentrated in the communes of Khanh Thanh, Long Thanh, Vien Thanh, and Nam Thanh, of which the most severely flooded communes are Lang Thanh and Hau Thanh communes, with 164 hectares of rice inundated and at risk of total loss. Yen Thanh People's Committee has directed localities to mobilize forces to clear sewers and obstacles on the Vach Bac drainage canal, Phu Thanh drainage canal to Dien Thai (Dien Chau). Yen Thanh also has more than 200 small dams that are currently overflowing, and the district is directing communes to release the overflow of the above dams to avoid the risk of dam failure.

Van Truong