Water rises quickly, Nghe An people rush to escape flood at night

The Nam Mo River in Muong Xen Commune (Nghe An Province) rose, flooding many houses and roads. People and authorities rushed to "escape the flood" at night.

As of this morning, many mountainous areas of Nghe An are still deeply flooded.

The river water rose, many people had to leave their properties and houses to evacuate to safety.

On the night of July 22, the Nam Mo River in Muong Xen Commune (Nghe An Province) rose, causing flooding in many residential areas. Local people and authorities rushed to escape the flood at night.

Muong Xen commune authorities mobilized 100% of army, police, and militia forces to be on duty and support people to evacuate to safety when flood waters rose.

Muong Xen people created rafts and waded through the water to evacuate to safety.

According to the Muong Xen commune authorities, at around 7 p.m. on July 22, the water level on the Nam Mo River (one of the two main branches of the Lam River) began to rise due to the large amount of water flowing from upstream. Most households in the old Muong Xen town living along the banks of the Nam Mo River were flooded on the first floor and had to be evacuated that night.

Many properties and livestock could not be moved in time, people could only helplessly watch them drift away with the flood.

The water level on Lam River through Nhung village (Tam Quang commune, Nghe An province) rose, causing flooding on National Highway 7A.

That very night, Tam Quang Border Post (Nghe An Border Guard) sent forces to coordinate with local authorities to be on duty, propagate, and ensure travel safety for people when passing through National Highway 7A.

A military unit stationed in the mountainous area of Nghe An was also flooded up to half of its house.

Flooded, Border Guard officers and soldiers in mountainous Nghe An wade through floodwaters

The shooting range of a Border Guard unit in the mountainous area of Nghe An is deeply flooded.

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Previously, the People's Committee of Nghe An province urgently sent a notice to a number of functional units and commune authorities to proactively respond to floods.
Accordingly, at 9:00 p.m. on July 22, the upstream flow of Ban Ve Hydropower Reservoir reached 9,543 m3/s, nearly reaching the peak flood test flow of 10,500 m3/s (frequency 0.02%). The reservoir is cutting and reducing floods with the downstream flow of 1,727 m3/s and will increase rapidly in the coming time.

The People's Committee of Nghe An province requests the Commander of the Provincial Military Command; Director of the Provincial Police; Directors of Departments; Heads of provincial-level departments, branches and organizations; People's Committees of localities to lower the Ban Ve hydropower plant to urgently mobilize all forces and means to support the evacuation of people and property to a safe place.

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