Torrential rains cause severe floods in central region
Heavy rains have caused severe floods in many localities in the central region, adversely affecting lives of locals.
Torrential rains have hit the central region since October 6. In photo: A section of the National Highway 1A (through Quang Nam province) is submerged (Photo: VNA)
Roads in Quang Nam province are flooded (Photo: VNA)
Many households in Quang Nam province are inundated (Photo: VNA)
Locals in Quang Ngai move furniture to higher places to avoid flood (Photo: VNA)
Locals in Quang Ngai move furniture to higher places to avoid flood (Photo: VNA)
Police officers in Quang Binh province present essential supplies to locals in Son Thuy mountainous commune, Le Thuy district, Quang Binh province as they are adversely affected by the flood (Photo: VNA)
Hung Vuong street in Da Nang city is inundated due to torrential rains (Photo: VNA)
Maintenance work on a road in Quang Nham commune, A Luoi district, Thua Thien-Hue province, which has been eroded due to torrential rains in recent days (Photo: VNA)
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued a dispatch requiring that ministries, sectors, and localities focus resources on dealing with floods and heavy rains that had left five dead and six missing in the central region as of the morning of October 8.
The Vietnam Red Cross Society Central Committee said on October 10 that it had offered relief aid to households affected by torrential rains and floods that hit the central provinces of Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Quang Nam with goods worth over 476 million VND (20,583 USD)