Quang Ngai heavy rain, flood: A bridge collapsed, a motorcyclist fell into the river

Heavy rains continued day and night, flooding the rivers in Quang Ngai. A bridge collapsed, a motorcyclist fell into the river, luckily he was able to swim to shore.

Cay Sung Bridge collapsed - Photo: DUC MINH

On the morning of November 2, Cay Sung bridge (Binh Minh commune, Quang Ngai) was swept away by floodwaters, isolating 316 households with 1,280 people.

The leader of Binh Minh commune informed: "Households were isolated after the collapse of Cay Sung bridge because the remaining path was also cut off by flood. Currently, the locality has reported the incident and is considering using canoes and boats to transport food to the people."

The 12m long, 5m wide Cay Sung Bridge, located on the district road of Binh Son district (old), is a vital route connecting many residential areas. At 5:15 am the same day, when someone was riding a motorbike across the bridge, the flood came quickly, damaging the bridge pillar, leading to its collapse.

"Both the person and the vehicle fell into the water. Luckily, the person knew how to swim and swam to shore. The motorbike was swept away by the flood and has not been found yet," said a leader of Binh Minh commune.

Immediately after the bridge collapsed, upon receiving the information, flood and storm prevention forces of Binh Minh commune quickly arrived at the scene, put up warning ropes and organized a patrol to prohibit all vehicles from moving through the bridge area to ensure safety.

Cay Sung Bridge collapsed while the second wave of rain was increasing, the flood also rose for the second time - Photo: DUC MINH

The weather in Quang Ngai is getting worse, with heavy rains continuing all day yesterday until this morning. Authorities have issued warnings that the rivers are rising again.

According to the Quang Ngai Province Hydrometeorological Station, in the past 24 hours (from 8:00 a.m. on November 1 to 8:00 a.m. on November 2), the whole province had heavy to very heavy rain, commonly from 50 - 150mm, many places had especially heavy rain such as Binh Dong 227mm, Chau O 200mm, Tra Khuc 169.2mm.

It is forecasted that from now until the morning of November 3, the areas east of Truong Son will continue to have very heavy rain and thunderstorms in some places, with total rainfall reaching 100 - 250mm, in some places over 350mm. The areas of Ly Son, Cam Thanh, Duc Pho, and Mo Duc will have common rainfall of 80 - 180mm, in some places over 250mm.

Prolonged heavy rains have caused floods on the Tra Bong, Tra Khuc, Ve and Tra Cau rivers to fluctuate between alert levels 2 and 3. It is expected that in the next 24 hours, the water level on the Tra Bong river may exceed alert level 2 and the Tra Khuc river may exceed alert level 2.

Localities at high risk of flooding such as Duc Pho, Nghia Hanh, Binh Son, Son Tinh, Truong Quang Trong, Cam Thanh..., mountainous communes with increased risk of landslides such as Tra Bong, Tay Tra, Ba To, Son Tay, Minh Long...

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