Tropical Storms No. 10 and 11, and the resulting floods, have wrought great human and property losses throughout the central region.
Safe water shortages are the primary concern. The Vietnam Red Cross has installed a water filter system in Quang Trach commune’s Quang Son village.
Soldiers, police officers, and border guards have been mobilized to help local residents build temporary accommodation while waiting to repair their houses.
Storms, floods, and whirlwinds hitting Quang Binh have left seven dead or missing and injured a further 40. Six hundred houses are completely destroyed. Twenty five thousand houses have been flooded.
The province has mobilised all available resources to overcome the disasters but continuing heavy rains hamper recovery efforts.
Soldiers, police officers, and young volunteers are travelling through Quang Binh to assist victims wherever possible.
Political units, organisations, and individuals from across the country have donated VND21 billion to Quang Binh province—VND13 billion in cash and the remainder in essential goods and commodities.
Quang Binh Fatherland Front Vice Chairman Nguyen Xuan Hieu said the aid, while offering much needed short term assistance, will not cover the extent of the support overcoming the disasters’ aftermath will demand.
Danang City has so far received more than VND3 billion in cash, 1,000 gifts, and 200 crates of commodities and home repair tools. Benefactors have given Quang Nam VND5 billion worth of aid.
More than 30 organisations and individuals have registered with the VFF to sponsor almost VND10 billion in assistance for Quang Tri province. According to the National Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention’s latest report, Storm No. 11 caused four deaths and left 11 people missing in Ha Tinh province. Approximately 300 families have lost almost all their possessions. Many houses and crops were inundated or completely destroyed. Losses are estimated at VND500 billion.
Thousands of households in the Ha Tinh highland districts of Huong Son, Huong Khe, and Vu Quang are still under water. Flash floods and landslides have spread across the region.
Prolonged heavy rains are likely to worsen the situation. Six communes in Huong Son district remain isolated, affecting 850 households.
The Ha Tinh Provincial People’s Committee provided 1,000 tonnes of rice and 13,000 packages of instant noodles to the three districts’ residents. It also donated money to the families of dead and missing victims, and those whose houses have been destroyed.
Ha Tinh Provincial People’s Committee Vice Chairman Nguyen Thien said the province has sent nearly 100 vehicles and canoes carrying food and water to flooded areas.
The area’s 62,000 pupils are unable to attend school.
A number of areas in Nghe An province’s Yen Thanh district have also been isolated. Local authorities are providing emergency relief. Two fatalities have been recorded, with 16 houses destroyed and nearly 10,000 houses inundated. Total estimated losses range to more than VND400 billion.
Twenty-one schools are still closed as of October 18 afternoon.
