At noon on November 29, Mr. Tran Duy Dung, Chairman of the People's Committee of Nam Tra My district, Quang Nam, said that the locality planned to evacuate 5,000 households in the affected area and at risk of landslides.
“For the past two days, continuous heavy rain has caused many roads in Nam Tra My district to be divided. In which, the road to Tra Linh commune was eroded at many points, completely divided; The road DH8 to Tra Leng commune was also damaged by the abutment of the bridge, the functional forces stretched the ropes to prevent people from going back and forth. The locality is evacuating about 5,000 households in the affected area," Dung said.
Nam Tra My district evacuated 5,000 households to ensure safety from heavy rain
On the morning of November 29, National Highway 40B, the section through the Oa River area (Tra Tan commune, Bac Tra My district) was heavily flooded; In addition, the section through Tra Giac commune (Bac Tra My district) and the section from Tra Son commune to Tra Mai (Nam Tra My district) suffered serious landslides, traffic to the center of Nam Tra My district was affected. Divided.
The Commanding Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control and Search and Rescue of Quang Nam Province said that from 1:00 a.m. on November 28 to 1:00 a.m. on November 29, localities in the province experienced moderate, heavy rain, with very heavy rain in some places. rain in northern localities is common 20-50 mm; south common 70-120 mm. There are places with higher rainfall such as Tra My (Bac Tra My district) 158 mm, Xuan Binh (Nui Thanh district) 285 mm.
According to Quang Nam Hydro-Meteorological Station, from 1 a.m. on November 29 to 1 a.m. on December 1, localities in the province have moderate rain, heavy rain, and heavy rain in some places, then the rain tends to decrease.