Flood warning on Mekong River

The Southern Institute of Water Resources Planning said: The flood water on the Mekong River due to the heavy rain from storm No. 3 ( Yagi ) is moving down to Cambodia, causing the flood water level at Kratie station to increase sharply in the past few days and will continue to increase in the coming days.

Mekong River flood water level is rising rapidly

On the other hand, the current tropical depression in the East Sea is forecast to cause heavy rain in the lower Laos and eastern Thailand on September 19-20. Therefore, the water level at the main Mekong River stations in the lower Laos area is likely to increase in the coming days. This will cause the water level in the Cambodian area at Kratie station to continue to increase quite strongly in the next 5 days.

This causes the flood flow to the upstream area of the Mekong River in Vietnam to continue to increase. In addition, the high tide is forecast to peak on September 19 and on September 21-22, upstream floods combined with high tides will cause the flood level in Tan Chau to reach its highest level in September at 3.1 - 3.2m, about 0.3m lower than alert level 1; in Chau Doc it will reach 2.9 - 3m, approximately at alert level 1. The water level then tends to change slowly and then decrease slightly because the tide in the following days decreases sharply but the upstream flood continues to flow.

Although the flood in the upper Mekong River is only at alert level 1, the water level at stations in the middle region is generally at alert level 2-3 in localities such as: Can Tho, Vinh Long, Ben Tre, Tra Vinh , riverside districts and between the two rivers of Dong Thap province; central areas of Ca Mau peninsula such as Vi Thanh city, Nga Bay city of Hau Giang province; Phuoc Long district, Hong Dan district of Bac Lieu province; Nga Nam town, My Tu district of Soc Trang province; Tran Van Thoi district, Thoi Binh district, Ca Mau city of Ca Mau province are at risk of flooding.

Thanhnien.vn

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/canh-bao-lu-tren-song-mekong-185240918154418023.htm