Floods swept away 7 people and injured one, including 1 soldier, 5 people in Huong Khe and 2 people in Huong Son district.

On October 3, the Ha Tinh provincial Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control directed localities to evacuate people from the flooded areas. The provincial Military Headquarters and Border Guard Headquarters sent 200 soldiers to help evacuate around 4,000 households.

By 9am on October 3, the flood water had overflowed the Ho Ho hydroelectric dam by 0.4m and swept away 1 generator and destroyed another. The province had to mobilise 100 people to deal with the problem.

Bui Le Bac, chief of the provincial Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control, said that the province was using machinery and all resources available to clear the front of the dam in order to prevent water overflowing the dam and it continued to evacuate local people from dangerous areas.