Hue: Flood on Bo River exceeds historical milestone

Video : Army and police urgently evacuate elderly people and children from dangerous areas

At noon on November 3, the flood on the Bo River at Phu Oc station reached 5.28m, 0.78m above alert level 3, 0.01m above the historical flood on October 29. Thus, in just one week, the flood on the Bo River continuously set new peaks.

This is also the third time in less than a week that the Bo River has exceeded the historic flood threshold of 5.18m recorded in 1999.

On the same afternoon, at the Hue Heritage Site, many relics were surrounded by floodwaters. Among them, the Imperial Citadel, the tombs of Gia Long, Minh Mang, Thieu Tri, Duc Duc... were deeply submerged.

The Center for Conservation of Monuments of the Ancient Capital has proactively taken measures to prevent natural disasters. At the same time, it has temporarily stopped welcoming tourists to visit relic sites in the Complex of Hue Monuments.

Floods again surrounded relics at Hue Imperial City, afternoon of November 3

At Km867, National Highway 1A through Cao Doi Xa village, Phu Loc commune, Hue city, the flood water is deep, the commune police force and the commune military command have deployed to regulate traffic and support people and vehicles to move safely; ready to respond in case of rising water.

National Highway 49 and Ho Chi Minh Road have continuously had landslides on the slopes, causing traffic jams. In particular, at Km 367+150 of Ho Chi Minh Road (A Chi village, A Luoi 4 commune, Hue city), landslides have appeared in recent days and are being handled.

The army and police urgently evacuated the elderly and children from the dangerous area.

As of noon on November 3, Hue City had evacuated 1,135 households with 3,121 people from 32 communes and wards to shelters. Many elderly people living alone and dozens of pregnant women and emergency patients were promptly taken to hospitals safely by the authorities with reinforcements and rescue vehicles.

On the same day, the People's Committee of Hue City received support from businesses and units to help the city overcome the damage caused by recent floods. Of which, Vietnam National Shipping Lines supported 500 million VND; Bitexco Group supported 200 million VND, 10,000 gifts and 10 tons of rice.

>>>Some images of flooded Hue City and emergency forces evacuating people from low-lying areas to safety: