On the afternoon of September 20, the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Search and Rescue and Civil Defense of Quang Binh province said that as of 5 p.m. the same day, the whole province had 38 isolated villages and hamlets; 1,150 households were flooded.
Quang Trach district has 35 households/136 people with water entering their houses from 10 to 20cm in Quang Thanh commune; Quang Ninh district has 4 isolated villages in Truong Son commune (Doc May, PLoang, Rin Rin, Trung Son); Tuyen Hoa district has 10 isolated villages, 559 households flooded; Minh Hoa district: 24 isolated villages, 556 households flooded.
Storm No. 4 caused 86 landslides, partially cutting off traffic routes; the province evacuated 874 households/3,059 people. Agricultural damage included about 86.6 hectares of vegetables being flooded; 31.11 hectares of aquaculture area being flooded and overflowing in Tuyen Hoa, Minh Hoa districts, and Ba Don town.
At around 10:00 a.m. on September 20, fishing boat QB-98043TS of Mr. Nguyen Viet Anh (Quang Phuc ward, Ba Don town) was anchored on the North bank of Gianh river (Tan My residential area) when the anchor rope broke, drifted out to the sea about 20m from shore and was hit by waves, causing the boat to capsize.
The Gianh Port Border Guard Station mobilized 30 officers and soldiers and more than 70 people to move 2 large anchor cables, tying the ship to the port pillars to limit drifting, waiting for the flood water to gradually decrease to find a salvage plan to minimize damage. Luckily, there was no one on board.
Previously, the cargo ship Nam Anh 69 was also swept away. The ship is currently stranded between buoys 1 and 2, about 2 nautical miles from shore.
Currently, functional forces throughout the province are still organizing on-duty teams to monitor the storm and flood situation, promptly responding to situations when they occur.
