Water levels were slowly receding in major rivers in Da Nang as the pace of decline in water levels was very slow. Between 9:00 am and 3:00 pm on Tuesday, October 11, the water level on the Yen River at the upstream of the An Trach Dam only went down by 15cm. As a result, floodwaters have caused the upstream of the An Trach Dam on the Yen River to overflow, sending a large amount of water to flood many roads and residential areas in the communes of Hoa Tien, Hoa Khuong, Hoa Phong, Hoa Chau, Hoa Vang District.

According to the Da Nang Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Search and Rescue and Civil Defence, by Tuesday noon , October 11, 13 villages in 4 communes of Hoa Vang were flooded. Included were Le Son 2 and Le Son Nam, La Bong, Cam Ne, An Trach villages, all in Hoa Tien Commune, along with Phu Son 3, La Chau, Huong Lam villages in Hoa Khuong Commune.

At 3:00 pm on the same day, discharges from reservoirs of A Vuong, Song Bung 4 and Dak Mi 4 hydropower plants into the downstream of the Vu Gia River were more than 450m³/s while the amount of floodwaters flowing into these reservoirs was more than 1,100m³/s.

Latest figures released by Viet Nam's National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control showed that one person died and and two others were missing in Quang Nam Provine while one person was injured in Quang Ngai Province after heavy rains lashed the Central Viet Nam from October 9 to 10.

In Quang Ngai Province, the roof was completely blown off 21 houses during severe weather conditions while floods have left 1,010 others under water.

A total of 392ha of fruit trees and 310 farm animals in Binh Thuan Province were damaged while 7 hectares of aquatic farms in Da Nang were destroyed. Besides, 72 roads and locations across the central region were submerged under as much as 20-70cm of water. Currently, localities in the central region are collecting damage cost data due to heavy rains and floods.

Reporting by HOANG HIEP – translating by H.L