Hue City: Floods leave 2 people dead and missing

On the morning of October 29, the Hue City Civil Defense Command said that the recent floods and rains in the locality have left two people dead and two missing. Currently, the authorities are verifying the identities and hometowns of the deceased and deploying forces to search for the missing.

>>> Video : Major Nguyen Tan Phuoc, Chief of An Cuu Ward Police, Hue City, encouraged a woman with high blood pressure and a nosebleed while on her way through the flood to the emergency room.

As of the morning of October 29, in Hue City, there were still 32 communes/wards deeply flooded, with an average flood level of 1-2m, some places deeper; 44,507 houses were flooded with a depth of 0.5m - 0.9m, some places from 1-2m, some localities were heavily affected such as Quang Dien commune, Hoa Chau ward, etc. Localities are continuing to review and compile statistics to determine the specific number of affected houses and damage caused by floods in the area.

Heavy rains and floods have caused many relics in the Hue Monuments Complex to be deeply submerged. Photo: TRAN THIEN

On the same morning, National Highway 1 through Phu Loc commune and Huong Tra ward was back to normal traffic, after many hours of congestion due to deep flooding. The National Highway 1 through Thuan Hoa ward and Phu Xuan ward was still flooded, and the authorities diverted traffic towards the Hue City bypass. National Highway 49A and a series of provincial roads, inter-commune and ward roads were partially flooded and had landslides, and the authorities had set up barriers to warn people and vehicles participating in traffic.

At the Hue Heritage Site, many relics were surrounded by floodwaters. Of which, the Imperial City was flooded about 1m, the palaces were flooded about 0.3m; the tombs of Gia Long, Minh Mang, Thieu Tri, and Duc Duc were flooded deeply with a flood level of 1-1.7m; the Poetry Pavilion was flooded more than 1m; other relic sites were locally flooded 0.2-0.4m. The Center for Conservation of Monuments of the Ancient Capital has proactively taken measures to prevent natural disasters, so up to now, there has been no damage.

Military forces support people in the "flood center" of Hue city

Thousands of meals were brought by officers and soldiers of units to support people.

Mr. Phan Thien Dinh, Chairman of Hue City People's Committee, said that the consecutive impacts of natural disasters in August and September and storm No. 12 have caused the local coastline to continue to erode. The section passing through Hoa Duan residential group, Thuan An ward, has suffered severe erosion with a length of 1km. The coastline has eroded 50-70m deep into the mainland, affecting essential infrastructure works, tourism services and the risk of opening a new sea gate; the coastline passing through Vinh Loc commune is 2km long, the coastline has eroded 10-30m deep into the mainland, affecting Provincial Road 21 and essential infrastructure works.

At the asphalt road section leading to Tan An Hai village, Phu Loc commune (the starting point is about 450m from Tu Hien bridge), the sea waves eroded, causing the existing roadbed to collapse by 0.5-2m, nearly 500m long...

In addition, the rain and floods also caused landslides at 38 locations. Currently, the authorities and local governments are implementing remedial measures.

Hue City Party Committee leaders give gifts to support people facing difficulties due to prolonged flooding

In the immediate future, the People's Committee of Hue City has requested the Prime Minister to consider supporting 800 billion VND to carry out urgent relocation projects for households in areas at high risk of landslides. At the same time, support funding for emergency handling of traffic works, irrigation works, dykes, and coastal embankments with a total budget of 1,000 billion VND.

VAN THANG

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/tp-hue-mua-lu-khien-2-nguoi-chet-va-mat-tich-post820511.html