Nearly 20 landslides, flooding, and isolation due to heavy rains and floods

QTO - Information from the Provincial Civil Defense Command on the morning of November 19 said that heavy rains and floods in recent days have caused flooding, isolation and landslides in many localities in the province.

Statistics show that 7 points/traffic routes were flooded and cut off (including 1 national highway, 2 provincial roads, and 4 points in Ba Long and Dakrong communes). In addition, there were 12 landslide points (1 national highway, 1 provincial road, 8 points in La Lay, Huong Hiep and Dakrong communes). Students had to stay home from school at 2 schools in Vinh Dinh commune. 26 households in Ba Long commune lost power.

To proactively respond to floods, 11 households/45 people in Khe Sanh commune were evacuated to a safe place due to landslides causing part of the house to collapse, threatening to cause the collapse of neighboring houses (10 households).

Landslides collapsed houses in Khe Sanh commune, threatening many other houses in the area.

Floods left one person missing in La Lay commune; 69.3 hectares of crops and 10 hectares of perennial trees were damaged; and 847 livestock and poultry were swept away.

In Khe Sanh commune, heavy rain and floods caused landslides at the foot of the bridge in Ruong village, block 6; landslides at the edge of the bridge in Block 6. La Lay commune had a landslide at Km9+400 of National Highway 15D, with a volume of about 15m ³ . At Duc bridge, Ba Long commune, grass and rubbish filled the road 10-20cm deep; the inner Ta Lang bridge was filled with mud about 10cm deep, about 50m long. Many bridge points and Da Noi ferry terminals were filled with 15-20cm of mud in each section, estimated at about 2,500m ³ . In Dakrong commune, the Sa Tram-Pa Lin border patrol route from Km15 to Km19 had 6 landslides, estimated at about 2,000m ³ of soil; the Ho Chi Minh road had a landslide at 2 points (Km3 landslide with a volume of about 100m ³ , at Km25 landslide about 150m ³ ).

A traffic route was eroded by flood.

In addition, in Ba Long commune, 2 motorboats sank and 4 cars were flooded. In Chan Ro hamlet, Dakrong commune, the 110kV electric pole had its foundation eroded; 5 desktop computers, 5 printers, 2 scanners, 1 vaccine refrigerator, 1 generator, 3 fans, 1 TV screen were damaged and many documents were wet and swept away.

Currently, National Highway 49C section Km37+500-Km40+200 through Dong Duong, An Nhon, Xuan Vien villages in My Thuy commune is flooded 0.2-0.3m; Provincial Road 588a at Ba Long spillway Km11+240 is flooded about 0.7m; Provincial Road 582 section Km3+550-Km4+350 in Dien Sanh commune is flooded 0.2-0.3m.

12 landslide points/routes include: National Highway 9B at Km14 in Kim Ngan commune, 1 point; Provincial Road 587 had a negative slope collapse at Km6+300 in Khe Sanh commune, measuring 12x4x7m, with 1m of asphalt remaining. In addition, there were 10 landslide points in La Lay commune, 1 point in Huong Hiep, and 8 points in Dakrong.

Nguyen Hoang

Source: https://baoquangtri.vn/xa-hoi/202511/gan-20-diem-sat-lo-ngap-lut-chia-cat-do-mua-lu-3843e29/