One person died due to floods in Hue, more than 700 houses are still flooded

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HUE - Prolonged heavy rain caused many areas in Hue to be deeply flooded, traffic was cut off and one person died.

On the morning of November 19, the Hue Hydrometeorological Station informed that from the evening of November 15 to 18, Hue City experienced heavy to very heavy rain, the plains recorded 100 - 200mm, the mountainous areas 500 - 700mm; some places had especially heavy rain such as Binh Dien 935mm, Binh Tien 865mm, Lao Trang 831mm. From 7pm on November 18 to 7am on November 19, the common rainfall was 50 - 100mm; Bach Ma peak reached 265mm, Lang Co 118mm.

According to the forecast, on November 19, Hue will continue to have moderate to very heavy rain; from November 20, the rain will decrease but there will be moderate rain, some places will have heavy rain. The cold air is strengthened, causing the temperature to drop sharply, area A. The cold grid is 14 - 16°C; the sea is rough with waves 2.5 - 5m high.

At 8:00 a.m. on November 19, the water level of the Huong River at Kim Long reached 1.52 m (above alert level I), the Bo River at Phu Oc 2.84 m (above alert level II). Huong Dien, Binh Dien and Ta Trach hydropower reservoirs are operating safely, discharging downstream 412 - 606m3/s; the reservoir capacity is 80 - 90% of the normal water level.

Den sang 19.11, con hon 700 nha dan bi ngap nuoc. Anh: Nguyen Luan.
By the morning of November 19, more than 700 houses were still flooded. Photo: Nguyen Luan.

As of the morning of November 19, more than 700 houses in the area were still flooded 0.2 - 0.3m, mainly in Hoa Chau, Quang Dien, Phong Dinh and Huong Tra.

The flood caused one death. On the evening of November 17, Mr. Nguyen Van Tr. (born in 1975, Kim Tra ward) whose boat capsized due to strong water on Provincial Road 19 and was swept away; The body was found on the morning of November 18.

The whole city has evacuated 457 households/663 people in A Luoi, Phong Dien, Phong Dinh, Kim Tra, Huong Tra and Quang Dien; by the afternoon of November 18, people had returned to their homes.

Many traffic routes were flooded or landslides. National Highway 49 has a flooded section of 0.1 - 0.5m; the landslides have been opened to traffic in one lane. Some provincial roads such as DT8A, DT11A, DT12C, DT3, DT14B, DT21, DT8B, DT4 must temporarily ban roads.

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