Heavy rain flooded 1,700 houses in Ha Tinh

According to information from the Standing Office of the Command for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control of Ha Tinh province, due to the influence of increased cold air combined with high-altitude easterly winds, the province has had heavy to very heavy rain over the past two days. The amount of rain measured at automatic rain gauges is generally from 300 - 500mm, with some places reaching nearly 600mm.

Many roads in Vung Ang ward, Ha Tinh were flooded due to heavy rain from the night of October 29 to the morning of October 30. Photo: VNA

According to forecasts, from now until November 2, Ha Tinh will continue to have very heavy rain. Heavy rains will cause the rivers in the Ha Tinh area to possibly flood.

Rainfall measured at automatic rain gauge stations from 7:00 p.m. on October 29 to 5:00 p.m. on October 31 was generally from 300mm to 700mm (Kim Son 763mm, Thuong Song Tri 732mm, Thuong Tuy Lake 592mm, Ky Thuong 522mm, Mac Khe Lake 530mm, Ke Go 403mm, Ky Dong 392mm, Khe Xai 303mm, Khe Hao 268 mm...).

Water level at 5:00 p.m. on October 31 of some large reservoirs in the province such as: Ke Go reservoir 31.93/32.5m, capacity 323.2/345 million m3, reaching 93.7%; Song Rac reservoir 23.76/23.2m, capacity 124.5/124.5 million m3, reaching 100%; Ngan Truoi reservoir 44.86/52m, capacity 503.5/775.7 million m3, reaching 64.9%. Medium and small reservoirs have capacity from 90 - 100% of design capacity.

The reservoirs have been operating to discharge spills, of which, Ke Go 500 m3/s; Song Rac 452 m3/s; Kim Son 50 m3/s, Thuong Song Tri 100 m3/s; Tau Voi 10 m3/s, Khe Xai 25 m3/s; Boc Nguyen 10 m3/s; Da Han 48 m3/s.

At 5:00 p.m. on October 31, Ho Ho Hydropower Plant had an upstream water level of 66.45 m/70 m, regulating through the spillway 1,206 m3/s. At 6:00 a.m. on November 1, Ke Go reservoir released a spillway flow of 600 m3/s.

Ha Tinh Border Guards assisted in evacuating residents in Canh Truong, Truong Yen, and Truong Phu residential groups in Vung Ang ward from flooded areas. Photo: Hoang Nga/VNA

Due to the impact of heavy rain, flooding occurred in some communes and wards in the southern part of the province. Some communes and wards had flooded houses: Ky Anh commune 25 households; Ky Khang commune 130 households; Vung Ang ward 500 households; Song Tri ward 323 households; Hoanh Son ward 34 households; Ky Thuong commune 24 households; Ky Lac commune 169 households; Cam Lac commune 203 households; Ky Van commune 297 households.

Heavy rain also caused some inter-village and inter-commune roads in the localities of Cam Trung, Ky Anh, Ky Khang, Song Tri, Hai Ninh, Vung Ang, Cam Due, Hoanh Son, Ky Van, Ky Thuong, Cam Lac, Ky Hoa, Cam Binh, Ha Huy Tap... to be partially flooded.

In Cam Due commune, on the night of October 31, the locality mobilized forces to support 226 households with 458 people in the villages of My Son, My Trung, Quoc Tuan, Chu Trinh, Ai Quoc, Trung Thanh, Phu Thuong, Tran Phu, Phuong Tru, Quoc Tien, Thong, Na Trung, to safety.

Many provincial and national roads such as DT.551, DT.547, DT.554 National Highway 8, National Highway 12C, National Highway 15, National Highway 1 were flooded and heavily eroded. Immediately after that, the authorities mobilized machinery and human resources to clear the road and clear the traffic.

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/thoi-su/mua-lon-gay-ngap-lut-1700-nha-dan-o-ha-tinh-20251101095047357.htm