The sinkhole that appeared on the evening of November 21 at km1339+300 of National Highway 1 north of Deo Ca Tunnel has been handled by road units to reopen traffic on the afternoon of November 22 - Photo: Vietnam Road Administration
There are still 13 traffic jams on national highways through flooded areas.
According to information from the Vietnam Road Administration, as of 4 p.m. on November 22, National Highway 1 through the Central region was cleared. However, there are still 13 locations of national highways in flood-affected areas that are blocked and flooded. Specifically:
Quang Ngai province has a traffic jam due to a landslide at km158+450 of Truong Son Dong road, expected to open to traffic in one lane on the evening of November 22.
In Da Nang City, there is still a traffic jam from km59+000 to km59+340 of National Highway 4E due to a landslide on the positive slope.
Khanh Hoa province still has 7 traffic jams on National Highway 27C through Khanh Le Pass due to landslides on the positive and negative slopes at: km26+350, km28+800, km35+850 to km36+100, km36+260, km36+350 to km36+600, km37, km37+340.
Khanh Hoa Department of Construction has banned vehicles from traveling on National Highway 27C (Khanh Le Pass) from November 17 and organized a traffic diversion plan for vehicles from Nha Trang to Da Lat according to the following route:
Direction 1: From Nha Trang, follow National Highway 1 to km1,556, turn right on National Highway 27 to km174+00, turn onto Lien Khuong - Prenn Expressway to Da Lat.
Direction 2: From Nha Trang follow Highway 1 to Highway 26 to Highway 27 to Da Lat.
Lam Dong province still has 4 traffic jams due to landslides on the positive slope at km65 to km71 of National Highway 27C. Lam Dong Department of Construction has coordinated with Khanh Hoa Department of Construction to divert traffic according to the above plan.
There are 2 remaining locations at km262+400 to km262+520, km226+630 to km262+650 of National Highway 20 (Mimosa Pass) with landslides, breaking the entire structure of the roadbed and surface with a length of about 70m, about 40m deep. Currently, the locality has organized traffic diversion along National Highway 20, National Highway 27 and Provincial Road 725.
In addition, in Lam Dong there is a traffic jam due to a landslide on the positive slope at km47+252 to km54+00 of National Highway 28.
Vietnam Road Administration has directed Road Management Area IV to support 5,000 rock cages for Lam Dong Province Department of Construction to help overcome the consequences of natural disasters as soon as possible.
North-South railway line damaged by floods, rails suspended at dozens of points
According to Vietnam Railways Corporation, by 3:30 p.m. on November 22, after the flood gradually receded, dozens of damaged spots were discovered on the North-South railway line passing through Gia Lai, Quang Ngai, Dak Lak, and Khanh Hoa, causing traffic congestion.
In addition to many small locations, some severely damaged locations can be identified as follows:
Railway between Xuan Son Nam - Chi Thanh stations: 7 locations were eroded by flood, causing rails to hang, rock foundations to be washed away, and embankments to be collapsed. Of which, at km1,168+310, water eroded rock foundations, causing rails to hang 12m long and 1m deep.
The North-South railway was eroded by floodwaters, leaving rails hanging at km 1,338+800 between Cay Cay and Hoa Tan stations - Photo: VNR
The railway between Chi Thanh - Hoa Da stations has 30m of road covered by rocks and 40m of road with eroded rock bed 0.5 - 1.2m deep, hanging rails.
The railway between Dong Tac - Phu Hiep stations had its roadbed eroded 1.5 - 2.2m deep in 7 sections, with 2 sections having eroded roadbed rocks.
The railway between Phu Hiep and Hao Son stations has 7 damaged points. Of these, 2 sections have an average depth of 1-3m, with rails hanging.
The railway between Hao Son - Dai Lanh stations had more than 62m2 of soil slide down, covering the railway south of Vung Ro tunnel. In some sections, many rocks fell down, the largest rock was 15m3 .
The railway between Nha Trang - Cay Cay stations had its bedrock eroded by water at two locations.
The railway between Cay Cay - Hoa Tan stations had its roadbed eroded by water with a length of 100m, depth of 65 - 70cm at km1.337+900 to km1.338; the section from km1.338+790 to km1.338+810 had its roadbed eroded by water, hanging rails 4m deep. One location where the stone bed was washed away by water has been handled.
For the Dieu Tri - Quy Nhon railway from km2+800 to km4+200, the rock foundation was washed away by flood with an average depth of 0.28m; the roadbed was washed away with an average depth of 0.4m.
Currently, the railway industry is focusing on repairing and restoring the North-South railway to open the South Central Coast as soon as possible.
Railways continue to stop running many trains
Due to the heavy rain and floods causing traffic jams and damage to the roads, on November 22, the railway industry continued to stop running trains SE4 and SE2 departing from Saigon station; stop running trains SNT2 and SNT1 departing from Saigon and Nha Trang stations; stop running trains SE6, SE8, SE5 and SE7 departing from Saigon station on November 23, Hanoi; stop running trains SE22 and SE21 departing from Saigon and Da Nang stations on November 23.
Trains SE3 and SE1 departing from Hanoi station on November 22nd only run to Da Nang as the final station (omitting the section from Da Nang to Saigon).
The impact of heavy rain and floods from November 17 to 22 has caused the railway industry to stop running 41 passenger trains; many passenger and freight trains are being parked along the road, causing a loss of 5.3 billion VND in goods; passengers have paid more than 17,500 tickets (equivalent to 12.4 billion VND).
For passengers stuck on trains during the time the road was closed, the railway industry served 9,274 free main meals and 6,093 side meals to passengers at a total cost of 554 million VND.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/duong-sat-hu-hai-nang-quoc-lo-1-qua-vung-lu-da-thong-20251122182047163.htm
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