Requesting Huong Hoa district to proactively prepare plans to respond to floods and landslides

This afternoon, September 19, Vice Chairman of Quang Tri Provincial People's Committee Le Duc Tien and related departments, agencies and sectors inspected the work of preventing storm No. 4 and floods in Huong Hoa district.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Duc Tien inspected the landslide on the inter-commune road to Huong Linh, Huong Hoa district - Photo: Le Truong

According to the report of the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue of Huong Hoa district, due to the impact of storm No. 4, the district has had moderate to heavy rain, causing the division of culverts on national highways, inter-commune roads, and intra-village roads in some localities.

Specifically, at the spillways in the villages: Coóc (Huong Linh commune), Loa and Trum (Ba Tang commune), Bu village (Tan Lap commune); Lia commune to Xy commune; La La bridge at Km 1+700, DT.587 route to Huc commune; Cheng village (Tan Lien commune); A Doi Co (A Doi commune); Trang Ta Puong village, the new resettlement area of ​​Huong Viet commune and the spillway bridge of Ta Xia village (Huong Loc commune), heavy rain caused water to rise, causing flooding from 0.5 m to 1 m, causing local isolation of some residential areas. On Provincial Road DT.586 and the inter-commune road to Huong Linh, there were some minor landslides. The whole district currently has 45 points at risk of landslides, of which 19 points are at high risk of landslides.

La La spillway area at Km 1+700 of DT.587 route was flooded about 0.5 m, causing traffic disruption - Photo: Le Truong

Regarding the scenario of evacuating people to a safe place, the leader of Huong Hoa district said that in case of flood above alert level 3, the expected number of people needing to be evacuated is 3,589 households/14,395 people; for areas at risk of flash floods and landslides, it is expected that 1,548 households with 6,688 people need to be evacuated.

Currently, the new resettlement area of ​​32 households in Cup village and the old Cup village (Huong Lap commune) is at high risk of landslides, so the locality has directed the commune to coordinate with units to mobilize and support people to move to a safe area.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Duc Tien requested the locality and the Department of Transport to urgently install barriers and assign forces to block both ends of the flooded La La bridge to Huc commune to guide and ensure safety for passersby - Photo: Le Truong

Conducting a field inspection at the La La spillway area Km 1+700, DT.587 route to Huc commune, Sepon river area in Vinh Dong hamlet, Lao Bao town and inter-commune road to Huong Linh, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Duc Tien requested Huong Hoa district to coordinate with relevant units to strengthen propaganda and mobilize people to comply with instructions on flood prevention due to the impact of storm No. 4; Huong Hoa district to coordinate with the Provincial Military Command to review locations at risk of landslides to develop immediate and long-term response plans.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Duc Tien inspected flood prevention work in the Sepon River area, Lao Bao town - Photo: Le Truong

For flooded underground and overflow points, the Department of Transport urgently installed barriers and assigned forces to block both ends of flooded locations to guide and ensure safety for passersby.

Huong Hoa district actively directed units and localities to urgently deploy measures to respond to heavy rains and floods, prepare vehicles and forces to evacuate people to ensure safety when situations arise; proactively prepare sufficient supplies of food, foodstuffs, and necessities to be ready to provide enough for people in case of long-term flooding.

Le Truong

Source: https://baoquangtri.vn/yeu-cau-huyen-huong-hoa-chu-dong-cac-phuong-an-ung-pho-mua-lu-sat-lo-dat-188471.htm