On-going floods and high tides over the past days have createdhigher-than-normal inundation in the provinces downstream of theMekong River as well as in Can Tho City.
In Tra Vinhprovince, high tides from the mouths of the Tien and Hau rivers, twomain tributaries of the Mekong River , have inundated Tra VinhCity and six districts on a large scale, according to the province'sSteering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control andRescue.
High tides have deeply penetrated inland withwater levels rising by 50-60cm, breaching 60 dykes and inundatingthousands of hectares of fruits and other crops in Tra Vinh fields.
In Ca Mau province's Cai Nuoc district, all roads in the centre of TranThoi Commune are submerged under water and some are 80cm underwater,according to the commune's People's Committee.
Waters fromfloods and high tides have flooded 15,700 houses and 91 schools in CanTho City. The city's inner district of Ninh Kieu has the highest numberof flooded houses.
Ky Quang Vinh, director of the Can ThoNatural Resources and Environment Observation Centre, said the hightides and floods that normally occurr each year have been more extremethis year.
Unlike the previous year, high tides haveaffected the upperstream areas of the Mekong River in Vietnam ,including Tan Chau and Chau Doc in An Giang province.
TranAnh Thu, deputy director of the An Giang Department of NaturalResources and Environment attributed the higher floodwater levels torising high tides and the construction of infrastructure, which hasrestricted the flow of floods into the sea.
Constructionof urban and residential areas, and transport and dyke systems indownstream areas have limited the flow of floods into the sea, he said,adding that high tides are only a secondary cause of the inundation.
Flood waters in the upperstream areas of the Mekong River , DongThap Muoi (Plain of Reeds) and Long Xuyen Quadrangle regions in theMekong Delta are beginning to recede, according to the Central Region'sCentre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
Floods in thedelta had killed 65 people, inundated 125,858 houses and 23,654ha ofrice paddies and eroded 1,564km of dykes as of Nov. 1, the CentralSteering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control hasreported.
This year's record floods have caused anestimated damage of more than 2.85 trillion VND (135 million USD) in theMekong Delta in Vietnam since they began in August./.
In Tra Vinhprovince, high tides from the mouths of the Tien and Hau rivers, twomain tributaries of the Mekong River , have inundated Tra VinhCity and six districts on a large scale, according to the province'sSteering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control andRescue.
High tides have deeply penetrated inland withwater levels rising by 50-60cm, breaching 60 dykes and inundatingthousands of hectares of fruits and other crops in Tra Vinh fields.
In Ca Mau province's Cai Nuoc district, all roads in the centre of TranThoi Commune are submerged under water and some are 80cm underwater,according to the commune's People's Committee.
Waters fromfloods and high tides have flooded 15,700 houses and 91 schools in CanTho City. The city's inner district of Ninh Kieu has the highest numberof flooded houses.
Ky Quang Vinh, director of the Can ThoNatural Resources and Environment Observation Centre, said the hightides and floods that normally occurr each year have been more extremethis year.
Unlike the previous year, high tides haveaffected the upperstream areas of the Mekong River in Vietnam ,including Tan Chau and Chau Doc in An Giang province.
TranAnh Thu, deputy director of the An Giang Department of NaturalResources and Environment attributed the higher floodwater levels torising high tides and the construction of infrastructure, which hasrestricted the flow of floods into the sea.
Constructionof urban and residential areas, and transport and dyke systems indownstream areas have limited the flow of floods into the sea, he said,adding that high tides are only a secondary cause of the inundation.
Flood waters in the upperstream areas of the Mekong River , DongThap Muoi (Plain of Reeds) and Long Xuyen Quadrangle regions in theMekong Delta are beginning to recede, according to the Central Region'sCentre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
Floods in thedelta had killed 65 people, inundated 125,858 houses and 23,654ha ofrice paddies and eroded 1,564km of dykes as of Nov. 1, the CentralSteering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control hasreported.
This year's record floods have caused anestimated damage of more than 2.85 trillion VND (135 million USD) in theMekong Delta in Vietnam since they began in August./.
