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Continued heavy rains and floods left three more dead and missing in central provinces between October 14-16, according to the Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control (CFSPC).
Of those, one death and one missing were reported in Ha Tinh province while the other missing was in Thua Thien-Hue province.
Heavy rains fell in Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Quang Binh provinces with an average rainfall of between 600-700mm.
By October 17, 143 communes of Ha Tinh province’s 12 districts and towns and nearly 13,800 households in Tuyen Hoa, Minh Hoa, Le Thuy and Quang Ninh districts in Quang Binh province were submerged.
Floods also inundated the central region’s life-line roads, including National Roads 1A and 15A, and Ho Chi Minh Road , causing congestions along the north-south route.
In order to mitigate the consequences of rains and floods, the CFSPC has asked central provinces to mobilise all resources and forces to rescue people in flooded areas, provide them with food, drinking water and other necessities as well as continue searching for missing people.
On October 17, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung sent an urgent dispatch requesting the Ministry of Finance to provide emergency aid for two hardest-hit Quang Binh and Ha Tinh provinces, each 100 billion VND.
The National Reserve Department was asked to grant 1,000 tonnes of rice to each of the two provinces.
Floods on rivers from Nghe An to Ha Tinh are forecast to continue rising and water levels on rivers in Quang Binh province will remain high in the coming days.
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