According to the latest quick report on August 26 of the Department of Transport of Thanh Hoa province, due to the impact of heavy rain on August 25 and the early morning of August 26, damage continued to occur in Thanh Hoa province. The new damage damaged road traffic infrastructure, causing local congestion on some traffic routes.
Heavy rain has eroded slopes and rolled rocks at 54 locations with a volume of about 7,600m3 on routes such as: QL.15C has 27 locations, QL.16 has 17 locations, QL.217 has 9 locations, QL. .15 has 1 position; In which, there are a total of 10 landslide locations causing traffic jams, including 9 locations on National Highway 15C in Muong Lat district and 1 location on National Highway 16 also in Muong Lat district.
In addition, heavy rain also caused siltation of road surfaces, ditches, and culverts at 53 locations with a volume of about 520m3. Landslide at culvert at Km121+880/NH.47.
In addition, many roads in Thanh Hoa province were also damaged by floods, including positive landslides at 26 locations with a volume of about 8,580m3; Alluvial soiling of road surfaces, ditches, and culverts at 39 locations, with a volume of about 930m3...
Immediately after the damage caused by the natural disaster occurred, Thanh Hoa Department of Transport directed relevant units and regular maintenance contractors to immediately carry out work to overcome the consequences of natural disasters and handle traffic congestion: remove soil and rocks, road surface sedimentation, longitudinal ditches, slope landslides to ensure traffic...; For negative slope locations, subsidence of the road surface has the risk of causing road breaks at some immediate locations.
The Department of Transport has also directed road management units to immediately carry out temporary traffic assurance work, appointing people to be on duty, stringing ropes, barricades, and placing temporary signs at both ends of the landslide section. Mobilize human resources and equipment to clear slopes to ensure temporary traffic clearance at landslides blocking the road. As of 2:30 p.m. on August 26, 10/10 locations have been opened to traffic.
Currently, Thanh Hoa Department of Transport is still directing departments under the Department and road management units to continue to strengthen road patrols, inspect, update damage and carry out handling, ensuring traffic safety; Thanh Hoa Department of Transport will update the situation in the following reports.
Previously, as Lao Dong reported, in the early morning of August 26, heavy rain caused serious landslides on Highway 15C passing through Ban Tao, Trung Ly commune, Muong Lat district.
By the morning of the same day, vehicles were still unable to circulate towards the center of Muong Lat district or vice versa, causing congestion.
Previously, heavy rain also caused landslides and cracks in the road surface on National Highway 15C (section passing Na Tao village, Pu Nhi commune, Muong Lat district), affecting traffic on this National Highway.
