Storm Etau inundates, isolates urban areas in Phu Yen, Dak Lak
Storm Etau, the 12th hitting the East Sea this year, swept through the central region on November 10, bringing strong wind, heavy rains, causing widespread blackouts and isolated numerous urban areas in the region.
Tens of households in Phu Yen’s Tay Hoa district evacuate due to high floods (Photo: VNA)
Tuy Hoa district people relocate cattle to safe place (Photo: VNA)
Tens of households in Phu Yen’s Tay Hoa district move to safer places due to high floods (Photo: VNA)
Tuy Hoa district people relocate cattle to safe place (Photo: VNA)
The storms brings heavy rain and strong wind, making trees in Phu Yen province uproot (Photo: VNA)
Rising water level in the Krong Pach Thuong irrigation work is in risk of flooding hundreds of households in Cu San commune, M’Drak district, Dak Lak province (Photo: VNA)
Authority use canoes to supply food and evacuate households in low areas of Cu San commune, M’Drak district, Dak Lak province (Photo: VNA)
A household in alley 2, Cu Yang commune, Ea Kar district is flooded with water (Photo: VNA)
M’Drak authority supervises the evacuation works in Krong Pach Thuong irrigation work (Photo: VNA)
A tropical depression has strengthened into a tropical storm named Etau, the 12th in the East Sea this year, and is moving west towards the central coast of Vietnam.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a 2.5 million USD grant to assist the Government of Vietnam in providing emergency and humanitarian services to residents affected by the recent floods in the country’s central region.
Ministries, sectors and localities must remain active in responding to storm Etau and subsequent storms, Tran Quang Hoai, deputy head of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, has said.
The Vietnam Airlines Group, which operates Vietnam Airlines, Pacific Airlines and Vasco, announced on November 9 evening that the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) will temporarily close several airports in the south central region due to impact of storm Etau – the 12th to enter the East Sea this year.
A landslide triggered by heavy rains from Storm Etau buried a house in Tam Lanh commune, Phu Ninh district, in central Quang Nam province on the morning of November 10, killing one woman.
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung called for drastic measures to minimise the damage set to be caused by Etau and Vamco, the 12th and 13th storms to hit the East Sea this year, at a meeting in Hanoi on November 10.
Vietnamese airlines announced on November 10 the cancellation of several flights due to the threat posed by Storm Etau - the 12th storm to enter the East Sea this year.
Two deaths have been reported as storm Etau, the 12th hitting the East Sea this year, swept through the central region on November 10, bringing strong wind and heavy rains, according to the standing office of the central steering committee for natural disaster control.
Tens of households in Phu Yen’s Tay Hoa district evacuate due to high floods (Photo: VNA) 
Tuy Hoa district people relocate cattle to safe place (Photo: VNA) 
Tens of households in Phu Yen’s Tay Hoa district move to safer places due to high floods (Photo: VNA) 
Tuy Hoa district people relocate cattle to safe place (Photo: VNA) 
The storms brings heavy rain and strong wind, making trees in Phu Yen province uproot (Photo: VNA) 
Rising water level in the Krong Pach Thuong irrigation work is in risk of flooding hundreds of households in Cu San commune, M’Drak district, Dak Lak province (Photo: VNA) 
Authority use canoes to supply food and evacuate households in low areas of Cu San commune, M’Drak district, Dak Lak province (Photo: VNA) 
A household in alley 2, Cu Yang commune, Ea Kar district is flooded with water (Photo: VNA) 
M’Drak authority supervises the evacuation works in Krong Pach Thuong irrigation work (Photo: VNA) 
