On the morning of October 9, according to information from the Weather Center - News Agency, Vietnam Television, all night, the water level on the Thuong River at Phu Lang Thuong station, Cau River at Dap Cau station continuously increased.
This morning, the flood on the Thuong River at Phu Lang Thuong station, Bac Ninh province will peak at about 1.4m above alert level 3 and about 0.18m above the historical flood level in 1986 .
This afternoon, the flood on the Cau River at Dap Cau station, Bac Ninh province will peak at about 1.1 m above alert level 3 and about 0.44 m below the historical flood level.
The flood of the Thuong River at Cau Son station, Bac Ninh province, on the Cau River at Gia Bay station, Thai Nguyen province, continued to decrease and remain above alert level 3.
Floods on the Trung River at Huu Lung station in Lang Son province are forecast to continue to decrease, but at least until this afternoon they are still above the historical flood level.
According to the records, Bac Ninh province is urgently organizing dike protection work, ensuring the safety of dykes, dams, mobilizing maximum forces, vehicles, and materials to promptly handle incidents from the first hour.
Last night, thousands of people including military forces, police, security guards at the grassroots level and people stayed up all night to reinforce the Dau Han dike in Kinh Bac ward.
The dike section in Duc Tho village, My Thai commune was leaked, landslides, and is at risk of breaking, affecting more than 100 households in the area. As soon as the incident was discovered, the commune and village mobilized local forces and neighboring areas to quickly handle the situation.
Thanks to the timely intervention, solidarity and determination of all people in the commune, by about 24 hours on October 8, the work of reinforcing and raising the dike in Duc Tho village had been completed.
At noon on October 8, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh inspected the scene and directed the recovery of flood consequences in Bac Ninh.
Reporting to the Deputy Prime Minister, the People's Committee of Bac Ninh province said that the dykes in Bac Ninh province have 36 vulnerable locations, 2 works are under construction; 2 incidents have occurred.
Initial statistics show that floods have killed 3 people (2 people swept away by floods; 1 person was hit by lightning); 402 houses were damaged and damaged; 2,984 hectares of agricultural land were flooded.
Bac Ninh is focusing on supporting, visiting and encouraging the families of the deceased. Immediately deploy urgent measures to prevent and control floods according to the warning level, focusing on reviewing areas with deep flooding, areas at risk of landslides, flash floods to proactively relocate and evacuate residents (especially the elderly, children, and vulnerable groups) out of dangerous areas, ensuring the safety of people's lives is paramount.
At the same time, by all means, approach deeply flooded and isolated areas to promptly provide food and provisions to households at risk of hunger, absolutely do not let people go hungry or thirsty...
