On the evening of November 18, the People's Committee of Khanh Hoa province issued a quick report on the response and overcoming the consequences of floods taking place in the area.
According to the report, the whole province recorded 10 deaths, 2 missing people and 19 injured people. This is considered one of the floods that caused the largest damage in many years.
The whole province has nearly 9,000 flooded houses in 14 communes and wards with an average flooding of 0.3 - 0.7m. The rapid flood caused thousands of households to relocate their assets, many areas were locally isolated.
Along with flooding, landslides occurred widely, concentrated in steep mountain passes and mountainous areas, causing traffic disruption on many key routes.
The authorities are urgently deploying search, rescue and temporary repair of landslides to ensure traffic and residential safety.
In the past two days (from 7pm on November 16 to 7pm on November 17), the rainfall in the whole province reached 80 - 250mm.
Some areas most severely affected such as Vinh Hy, Ninh Hai, Khanh Vinh, Khanh Son, Tay Nha Trang and part of Nam Nha Trang recorded rainfall of 300 - 400mm.
Some rain gauge stations recorded record levels, such as Cam Ranh 458.6mm, Cam Phuoc Dong 487.5mm.
On November 18, many places will continue to have moderate to very heavy rain. From 7am to 3pm, the common rainfall was 30 - 60mm, of which Khanh Hiep reached 156.3mm.
According to the weather forecast from November 18 to 22, Khanh Hoa will continue to have rain, moderate rain, some places will have heavy rain and thunderstorms.
The total rainfall is forecast to be 20 - 50mm/ods, in the western region, some places will be over 80mm/ods. In particular, in the early morning of November 19 and 20, the rain is likely to increase to heavy to very heavy rain, posing a potential risk of further flash floods and landslides.
The situation of reservoirs in Khanh Hoa province, the total capacity of 64 reservoirs (including 53 irrigation lakes, 11 hydroelectric lakes) is 658.873 million m3 (reaching 87.6%) compared to the design.
