Schools are deeply flooded, Khanh Hoa allows students to stay home from school

TPO - Khanh Hoa Department of Education and Training requires schools to proactively let students take time off from school and develop plans to make up for missed classes at appropriate times, and absolutely not organize teaching and other educational activities when safety is not guaranteed.

Prolonged heavy rain has caused severe flooding in many places in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa province. In response to the complicated developments, at noon on October 16, the Khanh Hoa Department of Education and Training sent a document to the People's Committees of communes, wards, special zones, and affiliated units to proactively respond to localized heavy rain, flooding, flash floods, and landslides.

Accordingly, the department directed units to closely monitor the development of floods and rains to have timely response measures, maintain regular contact with the local Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control - Search and Rescue and Civil Defense, and request local rescue forces to support when necessary.

School gate on Nguyen Khuyen street is heavily flooded.

Schools should proactively let students take time off from school and develop plans to make up for missed classes at appropriate times. They should absolutely not organize classes or other educational activities when safety is not guaranteed.

On the same morning, the People's Committee of Khanh Hoa province also issued an official dispatch requesting communes, wards, and special zones to immediately review vulnerable, low-lying areas at risk of flash floods and landslides to urgently evacuate people to safety.

In addition, check and review culverts across the road, arrange forces and means to dredge and clear the flow at locations that do not ensure drainage capacity, and block off key areas to promptly organize support for people to evacuate, provide relief, and rescue when required.

Many roads in Nha Trang turned into rivers during prolonged heavy rain.

Localities have proactively reviewed and instructed people to reinforce aquaculture systems, especially cages on rivers, lagoons and ponds. Reservoirs in the area have been ordered to strictly monitor water levels and operate according to natural disaster prevention procedures to limit flooding in downstream areas.

Investors of construction projects must ensure safety for workers, secure equipment, and be ready to handle incidents caused by floods.

People have difficulty moving on the road.

According to the Khanh Hoa Province Hydrometeorological Station, from 4am to 7am the same day, rainfall was measured at several locations such as Ninh Tan (97.4mm), Am Chua (46.2mm), Ninh An (52.1mm), Ninh Diem (63.7mm). Soil moisture in many areas was saturated above 80%, posing a very high risk of flash floods and landslides.

During the day, the weather in Khanh Hoa is forecast to continue to be cloudy, with scattered showers and thunderstorms, with some places experiencing very heavy rain with rainfall ranging from 30-60mm, and in some places exceeding 100mm. In the next 6 hours, the mountainous areas of Khanh Hoa may continue to receive rainfall ranging from 15-40mm, with some places exceeding 50mm, posing a serious threat to the living environment, traffic and production.

The Hydrometeorological Station continues to closely monitor the developments of floods and rains, promptly warning people.

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