Floods continue to take toll on central, south-central regions
VOV.VN - The floods from the tropical depression are still having an impact and creating chaos across the provinces of Binh Dinh, Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa where schools and business have been forced to shut down.
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Much of the region has been turned into a sodden morass as rescue workers like those pictured continue to answer calls for help and search for victims of the massive flooding. |
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The Binh Dinh Flood and Storm Prevention Committee reports water levels at hydropower reservoirs are at alarm level three and rising. Above, rescue workers evacuate two men in small plastic rescue boat. |
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Official reports indicate floods have killed 25 people, injured another 10, and destroyed more than 400 homes and 13,500ha of crops. Above, Nguyen Thi Nhi says she and her family have lost all their worldly possessions. |
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Many villages in Tuy An district are submerged in knee-deep or deeper flood waters. Some homes are completely submerged. Pictured: A man stands in waist-deep waters as family members look on. |
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Roadways to 11 villages in Dong Xuan district are completely impassable. The only way in or out is by boat. Above, villagers evacuate two children down city street by canoe. |
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Parts of Cam Ranh, Van Ninh, Khanh Hoa and Khanh Vinh in Khanh Hoa are like a river. Pictured: Household goods and debris bobbles in flood waters as man in waist-deep waters carefully navigates them. |
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A woman cradles her baby tightly as she wades through ankle-deep waters flooding city streets. |
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Duong Thi Lot in Nha Trang salvages what she can from her home that was completely ravished by the flood. |
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Above, trucks manoeuvre roadways on Ca Pass where masses of mud and stone have slid down the mountainside. |
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Officials report the north-south railway (pictured) on Ca Pass has reopened after temporarily being shut down due to landslides caused by the flooding. |
