After heavy rainfall led to flooding across Da Nang over recent days, workers from the city’s Water Drainage and Wastewater Treatment Company are clearing mud, sand, and garbage from sewer pipelines along local streets.

Workers from the city’s Water Drainage and Wastewater Treatment Company clearing mud and sand in sewer pipelines along local streets.

Also, they have used a crane to remove fallen coconut trees, to clear up pumps and drainage systems at the My Khe sewage outlet.

The Staff of Ngu Hanh Son District's Office of Natural Resources and Environment have joined forces with concerned units to remove a total of 20 tonnes of rubbish from such main streets as Ngu Hanh Son, Le Van Hien, Ho Xuan Huong, Vo Nguyen Giap, and beaches.

The district authorities urged local residents to clean up their residential areas, and open main sewers in their areas.

According to a spokesperson for the municipal Urban Environment Company, from 10 - 12 December, a total of between 1,150 and 1,200 tons of domestic waste were collected by the company’s workers, up by 20% compared with normal days. Over the past 3 days, 30 tons of trash were also cleared from beaches.

According to the According to the Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue, heavy downpours and flooding  caused extensive damage to farming areas across the city.

In detail, a total of 147 ha of vegetable growing land in the districts of Hoa Vang, Ngu Hanh Son, Cam Le and Lien Chieu have been damaged.

In addition, 310 fruit trees, 250,000 chrysanthemum trees and 30,000 pots of Tet flowers and ornamental trees have been destroyed. 1,150 poultry have been killed and a large amount of seafood has been swept away by floodwater.

Thursday into Sunday, an intense cold front combined cooling effect of wind is bringing moderate and heavy downpours to Da Nang and elsewhere in the mid-central region from Quang Tri to Quang Ngai provinces , the Mid-Central Region Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting has warned.

Prolonged heavy rain will see river levels rise in central parts from Quang Tri to Quang Ngai provinces and alarming levels 1- 3 may be reached.

There will be a high risk of landslides at mountainous areas in these localities, especially in A Luoi, Nam Dong and Huong Tra districts of Thua Thien Hue Province, Hoa Vang, Lien Chieu and Ngu Hanh Son districts of Da Nang, Nam Tra My, Bac Tra My, Tien Phuoc and Nam Giang districts of Quang Nam Province, and Tra Bong, Son Ha, Ba To and Minh Long districts of Quang Ngai Province.