VietNamNet Bridge - Total fatalities from tropical storm Nari and following floods in the central region have climbed to 10, according to the Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Control on October 17.

A house in Tuyen Hoa district, Quang Binh province.

Six deaths were in Quang Binh province, three in Quang Nam and one in Nghe An province. Five people are still missing.

The committee’s report said a total of 548 houses collapsed or were swept away, while 12,515 others were damaged, as were around 450 classrooms in 20 schools and office buildings of 37 in the region.

Many areas are still deeply under water, forcing the evacuation of 8,580 people.

On the bright side, the railway sector has resumed service on the North-South route on the morning of October 17, with five trains carrying thousands of passengers departing from Dong Hoi Station.

The National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting warns that the water levels on rivers in the central region will continue to rise, urging the provinces of Quang Binh, Ha Tinh, Nghe An and Thanh Hoa to stay on alert.

Central region begins clean up following super storm Nari

Nothing left for this woman's family after storm Nari (in Huong Son district, Ha Tinh province).

People in the central region are wrestling with the aftermath of cyclonic storm Nari, which hit the region on October 16, just two weeks after it was devastated by storm Wutip.

As of October 17, the central provinces had evacuated 8,580 people to safe areas.

In Nghe An province, more than 3,500 houses are still underwater due to severe flooding. The province is taking measures to ensure the safety of local people and has recommended them to avoid travelling on flooded and damaged roads.

It has also called for support from individuals and organisations to help locals overcome difficulties and stabilise their lives.

On October 17, Ha Tinh province helped 350 tourists, including 30 foreigners, depart from Cau Treo International Border Gate after they were stranded for two days by flooding. The province has also mobilised all available resources to clear its roads.

The storm, the eleventh to hit Vietnam this year, killed 10 people and injured 76 others, while five are still missing.

According to a report released by the Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Control, a total of 548 houses collapsed or were swept away, while 12,515 others were damaged. Around 450 classrooms in 20 schools and office buildings were also destroyed in the region.

More than 350 ha of paddy fields and 3,284 ha of crops were inundated, while 77 fishing vessels were sunk or damaged.

The storm also blew over 95 power poles, causing blackouts in many areas. It also washed away 104,000 cubic metres of soil from irrigation areas.

Danang begins rebuilding

This family (Huong Son district, Ha Tinh province) lost their house in the storm.

Over 6,000 youths, students and soldiers have joined hands to clean up streets, roads, public works and houses in Da Nang city after the year's 11th storm, Nari, hit the central region.

It's estimated that over 25,000 tonnes of garbage and debris littered the coastal roads of Hoang Sa and Truong Sa after the storm ended on October 16.

The city has restored 90 percent of power and fully recovered the water supply for local residents. Most high schools, kindergartens and primary schools reopened after a one-day closure.

Vietnam Airlines resumed flights a few hours after the storm ended, adding six more to carry the nearly 2,000 passengers stranded by the storm.

"We have been working hard to clear rubbish, leaves and fallen trees on main streets since the storm eased. However, larger debris will take us at least one week to clean," said head of a team from the city's tree and park company Dinh Tien Dung.

"The 11th storm has been the biggest I have seen during three years studying in the city. Most of my friends from the college have been working in all streets and roads to make the city clean again," a student from the Da Nang Architecture College, Vu Manh Cuong, said.

As many as 1,000 soldiers from Military Zone 7, the Navy, the Air Force and Border Guards have been sent to assist in road clearance and to treat the area with chemicals for disease prevention.

The deputy secretary of the city's Communist Youth Union, Tran Vu Duy Man, said members were sent to the most seriously affected areas in the city as well as to support environmental cleanup teams.

The city will contribute 10 million VND (470 USD) to support each family with damaged home, while those injured by the storm will receive 3 million VND (140 USD) each. Other aid will be given to the families of missing people and those whose homes were completely destroyed.

The storm damaged 1,100 houses and pulled down over 40,000 trees with estimated losses of 869 billion VND (33 million USD). Only 11 people were wounded, however.

Vietnam Red Cross (VNRC) responded quickly and effectively by deploying provincial disaster response teams to Quang Tri, Quang Nam and Quang Ngai where they are assessing the situation and co-ordinating with authorities to provide emergency relief aid to affected communities.

VNRC has distributed emergency household kits to families in Da Nang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Quang Tri, Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Binh, and provided 2 billion VND (95,000 USD) to help meet people's immediate needs.

Floods in central provinces after storm Nari

 

 

Ngan Truoi River’s water level in Ha Tinh rises quickly, spilling over the road.

 

Several streets in the city of Ha Tinh are deeply submerged.

 

 

A suspension bridge in Hoa Thanh Commune of Quang Binh Province is collapsed.

 

 

The police force and rescue workers in Quang Binh help people.

 

 

Highway 12A in front of Minh Cam Post Office of Phong Hoa Commune, Tuyen Hoa District, Quang Binh province.

 

 

Trucks stuck in flood in Quang Binh province.

 

 

 

Ba Khe Dam in Nghe An Province discharged water, plunging dozens of downstream houses under water.

 

 

People use boats to move in Ha Tinh City.

 

 

 

Hundreds of houses in Vu Quang (Ha Tinh) are submerged.

 

 

Up to 4,000 households in the commune of Vu Quang (Ha Tinh) are completely isolated by floodwaters.

 

 

Houses submerged by flood in Tuyen Hoa District (Quang Binh).

 

 

Rising flood water seriously affect people’s daily lives.

 

 

Water level in Nhat Le River, Quang Binh Province is rising.

 

 

Flash flood on October 16 caused heavy damage to Minh Hoa district of Quang Binh Province. Thousands of houses are submerged.

 

 

Heavy rains also cause severe flood in the district of Le Thuy,Quang Binh.

 

 

Hoa Tien Market in Minh Hoa district, Quang Binh, was devastated by storm and flood.

 

 

Parents of pupils of the Nam Ha Primary School in Ha Tinh City have to use boat or take their children on their back to the school. Flooding also submerges the three districts of Huong Son, Huong Khe and Vu Quang in Ha Tinh Province.

 

 

Highway 1A, the section through Hong Linh commune, Ha Tinh province is flooded. Vehicles cannot move.

 

 

On October 15, A Vuong and Dak Mi reservoirs discharged water, causing several flood in the downstream area. In picture: flood in Dai Loc district, Quang Nam province.

A collapsed house in Loc Binh village, Dai Hoa commune, Dai Loc district.

The house of the Chair of Dai Minh commune, Dai Loc district, Mr. Ngo Sau, lost the roof.

Floodwaters kept sweeping away many houses in the town of Ai Nghia, Dai Loc district on October 16. It is estimated that about 3,500 houses in Dai Loc lost the roofs and collapsed.

 

 

 

The crops are also damaged.

 

 

Rubbish left after the flood in Quang Nam.

 

 

 

 

Flood also makes landslide along Quang Hue River, Dai Loc district.

 

 

Many roads are flooded and damaged.

 

 

People in Quang Nam begin repairing their houses.

 

 

A damaged road.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At noon October 17, the body of Mr. Nguyen Van Si in Dai Cuong commune, Dai Loc district, was brought home for burial procedures. Si was swept away by flood in the Wutip storm on September 30. The body was found on October 16 in Hoa Vang District of Da Nang City.

 

 

 

On the morning of October 17, though the waters receded, the entire Huong Son district in Ha Tinh province was still heavily flooded.

 

 

Nguyen Khac Vien High School in Bang Son Commune, Huong Son, Ha Tinh.

Highway 8A, the main road of Huong Son district, the section through Son Tra commune, is still flooded. People have to use boats to cross the 50m section.

 

 

Canoes of the Border Guard force are mobilized to rescue people in the isolated areas.

 

 

The power lines are also threatened by flood in these days so many communes have not had power for several days. This situaiton will continue in the next few days.

 

 

A woman in Bang Son commune tried to bail water out of her house.

 

 

In a house in Son Tra commune after floodwater withdrew.

 

 

Ms. Nguyen Thi Binh in Son Bang commune is scraping mud in the yard.

 

 

Schools in Son Bang commune are still flooded so students have to stay at home.

 

 

A flooded school.

 

 

Most schools in Huong Son are still closed because of flood.

 

 

Wood from the upstream region flow down, concentrating at a site adjacent to Highway 8A in Son Tra Commune. Local people flock to the site to collect wood.

 

 

Heavy rains in the last two days has engulfed almost 14,000 houses in Huong Son, Huong Khe and Vu Quang districts of Ha Tinh province, leaving three people dead and two missing in floods.

 

 

The unexpected flash floods on the morning of October 16 swept away the houses and assets of hundreds of households in Son Kim 2 commune, Huong Son district, Ha Tinh.

 

 

In the evening of October 17, thousands of households in Phuong My and Ha Linh commune of Huong Khe district were still submerged in a sea of water. Most of the elderly and children were evacuated to safe places while the men had to use boats to return home to protect the family's assets.

 

 

The entire first floor of the medical station of Phuong My commune, Huong Khe district is submerged. Functional forces used boats to transport noodles and clean water for people residing here.

 

 

 

Many roads in the mountainous district of Huong Son are severely eroded.

 

 

National Highway 8 connecting the western districts of Ha Tinh and the Laos border, the section through Son Kim 1 commune, Huong Son District was swept away.

 

 

Tens of kilometers of inter-village and inter-commune roads in Ha Tinh are paralyzed, making rescue work difficult.

 

 

Soldiers and police officers were mobilized to help local overcome the consequences of floods.

 

 

By October 17, up to 13,856 houses in the districts of Huong Son, Huong Khe and Vu Quang were engulfed by flood. At least three people died, two went missing due to floods in Huong Son district. The Department of Education and Training in Ha Tinh has allowed 289,000 students to be absent from school to ensure safety for them.

 

Flood water begins to recede, Quang Binh have people return to their empty houses, where their assets were swept away by flood and start looking for each tile to re-roof their houses.

 

 

The unexpected whirlwind in Quang Son commune at dawn on October 16 made 35 houses completely collapsed, 300 other houses losing the roofs. The whirlwind also killed three people and injured 22 others in the commune. In Quang Binh province, the dead toll is five, with 30 others injured, 630 houses collapsed and losing roofs, more than 17,000 houses flooded, totaling VND134 billion ($6.2 million) of losses.

 

The men in the village of Ha Son, Quang Son commune, row boats to carry women and children through deeply-flooded gardens and village roads which are submerged in flood water.

 

 

Instant noodles for the flood victims. Currently, the water level in the rivers of Gianh and Son is reducing slowly. Quang Binh Province authorities are focusing on handling flood consequences.

 

 

On the morning of October 17, floodwater began receding. Local people returned home to clean up their houses.

 

 

Tran Thi Phuong Ly and Tran Thi Hong Mai could not go to school because of flood. They climbed up the roof to help their parents re-roof the house.

 

 

People glean each tile to re-cover their houses.

 

 

All people, from kids to the elderly, have been mobilized to deal with the cause of flood.

 

 

On the morning on October 17, military forces went to Quang Binh to help people.

 

 

The remnants of the family of Mr. Mai Xuan Hung in Quang Son commune, Quang Trach district, Quang Binh province.

 

 

Tons of rice was flooded. Currently, safe water is an urgent need to ensure the health of the people after the flood.

 

 

By the evening of October 17, many communes in Bo Trach and Quang Trach districts were still isolated.

Compiled by Mai Lan

Source: VNA//VNE/VNN/Quang Binh Newspaper/Ha Tinh Newspaper