Prolonged heavy rain, Quang Nam mountainous area warns of landslides and flash floods

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Quang Nam mountainous area is at risk of flash floods and landslides, due to the complicated situation of continued heavy rain.

In the past few days, in the two mountainous districts of Nam Tra My and Bac Tra My, Quang Nam province, there has been moderate rain, heavy rain, and in some places very heavy rain, with total rainfall in the past 24 hours ranging from 50mm to 146.8mm, and even more in some places.

Sat lo lam nut gay duong giao thong va truong hoc o mien nui Quang Nam. Anh: Phu Thien
Landslides cause cracks in roads and schools in mountainous Quang Nam. Photo: Van Nip - Nguyen Hoang

Heavy rains have caused landslides, damage, and localized traffic jams on many inter-commune and inter-district routes, National Highway 40B, National Highway 24C, Ho Chi Minh Road through Quang Nam, and the newly built Rang Chuoi school in Nam Tra My has also collapsed. Bac Tra My district has urgently evacuated 138 households with 523 people in 8 communes and towns at high risk of landslides to safety.

Sat lo hon 2.000m3 dat da gay tac duong Ho Chi Minh qua Quang Nam vao dem 26.11. Anh: Nhan Vinh
A landslide of more than 2,000 cubic meters of rock and soil blocked the Ho Chi Minh Highway through Quang Nam on the night of November 26. Photo: Nhan Vinh

On the morning of November 28, the Hydrometeorological Station of Quang Nam province issued a warning that in the next 6 hours, the two districts of Nam and Bac Tra My will continue to have moderate, heavy to very heavy rain; there is a risk of floods and flash floods in rivers and streams in mountainous areas, landslides on steep slopes, and land subsidence, especially in the two communes of Tra Don (Nam Tra My) and Tra Giap (Bac Tra My).

Faced with the above situation, the People's Committee of Quang Nam province has issued a telegram requesting proactive response, absolutely not being subjective and ready to deploy solutions to respond to floods.

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