All students in Hue City will be off school on October 27 due to rapidly rising floodwaters.

GD&TĐ - On the evening of October 26, the Department of Education and Training of Hue City announced that it had just notified all educational institutions in the area to let students stay home from school on October 27.

Accordingly, due to heavy rain, rising river water, to ensure the safety of students and teachers, implementing the direction of the leaders of Hue City People's Committee, the Department of Education and Training announced that students in the city will be off school on October 27.

Universities and Colleges in Hue City also announced to students that they will be off school to study online on October 27.

Due to heavy rain, hydroelectric power plants increased flood discharge, causing the water level of rivers such as Huong River and Bo River to be at alert level II on the evening of October 26 and may continue to rise in the coming time.

Several cars had to be towed away at Aeon Mall, Hue City on the afternoon of October 26.

Previously, on the afternoon of October 22 and October 23, the entire city of Hue also let students stay home from school to prevent flooding caused by storm Fengshen.

Hue City Hydrometeorological Station said that in the past 24 hours, the city area has had very heavy rain, total rainfall from 3:00 p.m. on October 25 to 3:00 p.m. on October 26 is commonly 100 - 200 mm.

In the next 24 - 48 hours (from 4:00 p.m. on October 26 to 4:00 p.m. on October 28), Hue city will continue to have heavy to very heavy rain, with total rainfall ranging from 250 - 500 mm, with some places exceeding 700 mm.

The Da Dam area in the center of Hue City is deeply flooded and has been barricaded to prevent people from passing through.

Heavy rains are likely to cause flash floods and landslides in mountainous areas and along rivers and streams in the following wards/communes: A Luoi 1-5, Phong Dien, Binh Dien, Long Quang, Nam Dong, Khe Tre, Phu Loc, Loc An, Chan May-Lang Co... In addition, heavy rains also pose a high risk of causing floods in low-lying areas downstream of rivers throughout the city. Beware of heavy rains with an intensity of over 70mm/hour and over 150mm/3 hours which can cause widespread urban flooding throughout the city.

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