Floods leave six dead, three missing in Thua Thien-Hue
Floods triggered by torrential rains in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue have claimed six lives and left three people missing and seven injured, the provincial Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Search, and Rescue reported on October 13.
Heavy rainfall inundates most roads in Quang Dien district (Photo: VNA)
Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) - Floods triggered bytorrential rains in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue have claimed six livesand left three people missing and seven injured, the provincial Steering Committee for NaturalDisaster Prevention,Search, and Rescuereported on October 13.
Heavy rainfall inundated over84,963 houses, 332 ha of vegetables, 150 ha of cassava, one hectare of fruit trees,10 ha of land for flower cultivation, and most local roads.
There are also 1,465 ha of aquaculture farming areas in Phu Vang district submerged.
The districts of Quang Dien, Phong,and Phu Vang, and Huong Tra town are the most affected.
Thousands of rescuers and a range of equipmenthave been mobilised to join rescue efforts in the locality. Rescuers have sofar evacuated 11,645 households from dangerous areas to safer ground.
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung, who is also head of the central SteeringCommittee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, is paying a working visitto Thua Thien-Hue to inspect rescue work at the Rao Trang 3 hydropower plant inPhong Dien district, which is likely to flood./.
The standing office of the central steering committee for natural disaster prevention and control has demanded ministries, sectors and localities continue to focus on dealing with serious flooding in the central region following the Prime Minister’s October 8 dispatch.
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man on October 12 offered sympathies to authorities and families affected by recent floods in the central and Central Highlands regions.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has sent a dispatch asking relevant agencies and organisations to sharpen their focus on rescue efforts and to take remedial action in the wake of recent landslides in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.
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