Heavy rain in Quang Tri: Many culverts flooded deeply, many households urgently evacuated

From the night of October 15 to the morning of October 16, in Quang Tri province there was heavy to very heavy rain, with common rainfall of 10-70mm, in some places extremely heavy rain such as La To (Ta Rut commune) 201mm, Huc (Khe Sanh commune) 130mm, Ba Nang (Dakrong commune) 130mm.

Heavy rains have caused many mountain roads to be partially cut off. In Khe Sanh commune, the Van Ri culvert and the spillway bridges in Ruong and Xa Re villages were flooded; water levels rose in Ta Du and Huc Thuong villages. Several landslides appeared on Provincial Road 587.

Heavy rain causes flooding in Khe Sanh commune

In Dakrong commune, Da Do spillway (Ra Lay village) and Chan Ro were flooded 0.5m; Ta Rut commune has 3 spillways flooded 0.3-0.4m...

Due to rapidly rising floodwaters, 10 households with 46 people in Huc Thuong village (Khe Sanh commune) were evacuated to safety by the authorities.

Ta Rut 2 spillway bridge, Ta Rut commune

Currently, the water level of rivers is still below alert level 1. Irrigation reservoirs have reached about 84.8% of their design capacity, still within safe limits.

The Quang Tri Provincial Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control requested localities to put up warning signs, block underground overflows, arrange forces on duty 24/7, and be ready to evacuate people from dangerous areas in case of bad situations.

Heavy rain causes landslides on roads in Ta Rut commune

Also on the morning of October 16, heavy rain caused many landslides on the Ho Chi Minh Highway West branch through the southern localities of Quang Tri province, causing local traffic jams in some locations. Currently, the authorities are diverting traffic and repairing the situation to ensure smooth traffic flow on the route.

MINH PHONG - VAN THANG

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/mua-lon-o-quang-tri-nhieu-ngam-tran-ngap-sau-so-tan-khan-cap-nhieu-ho-dan-post818340.html