HCMC — Flooding in the central province of Nghe An has killed three people and submerged more than 3,200 homes, local authorities reported on July 24.
The floods, caused by heavy rains brought by the circulation of Storm Wipha, left one person missing and injured four others. More than 9,000 households have been cut off from electricity and transportation, according to the Vietnam News Agency.
The Nghe An provincial committee for incident, disaster response, search and rescue said 417 houses were damaged and 450 others had their roofs torn off or suffered structural damage.
Authorities have evacuated 3,440 households from the communes of Tuong Duong, Huu Kiem, Tam Hop and Muong Quang. Agriculture was heavily affected. More than 1,600 hectares of rice and 1,290 hectares of vegetables were damaged, while 990 hectares of perennial crops were destroyed.
In Nhan Hoa Commune, floodwaters forced the overnight evacuation of more than 7,000 people on July 23.
Landslides disrupted more than two kilometers of irrigation channels. Livestock losses included 202 cattle and over 2,700 poultry, while nearly 157 hectares of aquaculture farms and 92 fish cages were damaged.
Transport infrastructure sustained significant damage. Local authorities recorded 27 landslide sites along road embankments, 49 blocked road segments, and 69 flooded areas, with over 1.7 kilometers of roadways damaged. Notably, portions of National Highway 7 remained under 0.5 to 1 meter of floodwater, especially in the former districts of Anh Son, Tuong Duong, and Con Cuong.
The highway is a key route linking Nghe An’s lowlands to its western mountainous border and to Laos via the Nam Can-Namkan international border gate.
Provincial authorities have issued multiple emergency notices and mobilized personnel and equipment for evacuation and relief efforts. Leaders also inspected hydroelectric dam operations at Ban Ve Hydropower Plant to ensure safe discharge procedures were followed. Coordination of water reservoir discharges has helped reduce downstream flood impacts.
