 Torrential rains and floods seriously damage central, central highland region |
According to the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, 9 people had died, 11 went missing, and more than 33,000 houses were damaged during the last few days. The north-south road passing Thua Thien Hue province was seriously flooded. According to the National Hydro-meteorology Forecast Center, the LINFA storm, the 6th storm in Vietnam this year, on Sunday morning landed in Quang Nam and Quang Ngai province and weakened into tropical low pressures. The situation is forecast to be getting more complicated. On Sunday night, the tropical low pressures is forecast to be further weakened. Localities are urgently coping with the disaster to stabilize people’s lives. The same day, rescue forces saved crewmen on Vietship 01 ship stranded 400 meters from Cua Viet port in Quang Tri province.