Torrential floods washed away the Hanoi - Thai Nguyen railway platform.

Rapid floodwaters have washed away the roadbed, leaving the Hanoi - Thai Nguyen railway track exposed this afternoon, October 9.

Informing Thanh Nien , Mr. Nguyen Thanh Tam, Director of Ha Thai Railway Joint Stock Company, said that at about 2:30 p.m. today, October 9, strong floodwaters washed away the foundation at 3 points on the Hanoi - Thai Nguyen railway line.

The railway section was washed away by floodwaters at Km17 in Trung Gia commune.

PHOTO: DINH TRUONG

Accordingly, the incident occurred at Km17 in Trung Gia commune (former Soc Son district) on the Hanoi - Thai Nguyen route. Floodwaters caused flooding and erosion of the railway bed with a length of 700 m to about 1 km, leaving only the rail track above.

Of these, the longest eroded section is about 35 - 40 m and the remaining two sections have eroded about 15 m of the roadbed below the rail. The strong floodwaters also washed the roadbed about 3 - 4 m deep.

This afternoon, Ha Thai Railway Joint Stock Company and Vietnam Railway Corporation were present at the scene to assess the damage and losses in order to have a direction for handling and remedying.

According to Mr. Tam, it is expected that in the next 2-3 days, when the water recedes, the unit will complete the repair and reopen the route. However, the difficulty is that the road is also flooded, making it difficult to transport rocks to the eroded area.

Floods in the North are receding, the South is experiencing heavy rain

The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said that on the afternoon of October 9, flood levels on the Cau River (Thai Nguyen) at Gia Bay station, the Trung River (Lang Son) at Huu Lung station were receding; flood levels on the Cau River (Bac Ninh) were rising slowly.

Flood on Thuong River (Bac Ninh) has peaked at 7.6 m, about 1.3 m above the historical flood level in 1986 and is decreasing.

Early afternoon October 9, the water level on Cau River at Gia Bay station was 26.53 m, about 0.47 m below alarm level 3; at Dap Cau station it was 7.4 m, about 1.1 m above alarm level 3.

On the Thuong River at Cau Son station early this afternoon, the water level was 18.22 m, about 2.2 m above alert level 3; at Phu Lang Thuong station it was 7.57 m, about 1.27 m above alert level 3, about 0.05 m above the historical flood level in 1986 (7.52 m).

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/lu-chay-cuon-cuon-cuon-troi-nen-duong-sat-ha-noi-thai-nguyen-185251009200910675.htm