Quang Ninh: Irrigation dam broke on the river, water overflowed and flooded 3 villages

On September 9, the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control (PCTT), Search and Rescue (TKCN) and Civil Defense of Quang Ninh province issued a quick report on the incident at the Ha Thanh irrigation project in Tien Yen district.

Accordingly, due to the influence of storm No. 3, there was heavy rain in Tien Yen district. The total rainfall from September 6 to 9:00 a.m. on September 9 was 166.8 mm (data from the Quang Ninh Provincial Hydrometeorological Station).

Dam break in Dong Hai, river water rushed in and flooded 3 villages.

Due to the rain, the left shoulder dam of the Ha Thanh irrigation project (Dong Hai commune) broke about 50m, water from the project affected about 400 households in three villages: Ha Trang Dong, Ha Trang Tay, Na Bac; the crop area was flooded about 100ha. The water level was from 1-1.5m.

Tien Yen District People's Committee has evacuated affected households to safe places since the morning of September 9, with no human casualties.

It is known that this project is not a reservoir, but just a dam on the river, so the amount of water stored is not much and the water is currently receding. However, the rescue team has not yet reached the incident location. The working group of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has been present at the scene and is waiting for the water to recede to approach the broken dam.

It is known that due to the influence of storm Yagi , heavy rain has occurred in Quang Ninh province in recent days, causing water levels in rivers and reservoirs to rise.

During the night of September 8 and the morning of September 9, there was heavy to very heavy rain in the mountainous areas of the North. The rainfall from 7:00 p.m. on September 8 to 8:00 a.m. on September 9 was over 200mm in some places such as: Tan Phuong (Yen Bai) 324.2mm, Yen Do (Thai Nguyen) 281.6mm, Viet Tien (Lao Cai) 243.4mm, Nam Dan (Ha Giang) 230.4mm...

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