Border guards and locals in Huong Hoa district of Quang Tri clear muds left by floodwater in roads (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – One person in the centralprovince of Thua Thien-Hue died, another went missing in Quang Tri and 110others were injured after storm Noul swept through the central region, reportedthe Office of the Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention andControl.
The typhoon, the fifth arising in the East Sea so far thisyear, made its landfall on the mainland of Vietnam on the morning of September18 and hit central localities, especially Da Nang, Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Binh,and Quang Tri before weakening into a tropical low pressure system.
It destroyed 10 houses and blew away the roofs of 22,562houses. Torrential rain-induced flooding submerged 79 houses, 115 hectares ofrice fields, 170 hectares of crops, while damaging 1,149 hectares of forest,300 hectares of fruit farms, and 40 hectares of aquatic farms.
Alongside, 36 power poles collapsed, while three transformerstations were damaged and three telecommunications towers and 15 cable cabsystem were broken. Many localities in Thua-Thien Hue have suffered power cut.So far, the locality has fixed the damage to power system by 75 percent.
Meanwhile, serious erosion occurred along 6.2km in the coastof Thua Thien-Hue. Landslides blocked many roads in Quang Tri and Quang Nam.
Currently, affected localities are working hard to overcomethe storm’s consequences.
The Office of the Central Steering Committee on NaturalDisaster Prevention and Control has directed localities to support affectedlocals and keep a close watch on the water levels in rivers, so as to roll outtimely responding measures.
The localities have been asked to evacuate people in areaswith high risks of landslides, flashflood and flood to safer places, whilestaying ready to deal with problems occurring in reservoirs./.
VNA
