Gia Lai provincial authorities have proposed the urgent relocation of over 2,200 households, with a total estimated cost exceeding 1,840 billion VND, following two severe natural disasters that caused extensive damage in November.
After a pickpocket stole 50 million dong she earned selling fish salvaged from a flood, Nguyen Thi Bich Ha received 102 million dong in donations from strangers, but chose to keep only the amount she lost.
Floodwaters poured in, causing power outages, a lack of food and water, and no phone signal; on the night of 20/11, doctors and nurses at Quy Nhon hospitals used flashlights and supplied food to patients.
Heavy rain triggered a landslide in Hai Minh fishing village (formerly Quy Nhon city) on the morning of 19/11, burying the home of a 58-year-old couple and killing the wife.
On the afternoon of 19/11, Nghia Binh Railway Joint Stock Company deployed two freight trains to secure Luat Le 1 and 2 bridges, which span the Ha Thanh River in Gia Lai province, to prevent them from being swept away by floods.
Authorities initially closed An Khe Pass (national route 19) on the morning of 19/11 due to a landslide caused by heavy rain, but later opened it to one-way traffic to prevent congestion.
Multiple medical facilities in Quy Nhon have been inundated by floods, necessitating the evacuation of patients, equipment, and records to safe areas to ensure continued healthcare operations.
More than 26,000 students from 38 schools in the former Quy Nhon area have been dismissed from classes due to prolonged heavy rain on the morning of 19/11.
Rapidly rising floods on the night of 18/11/2024 and early morning of 19/11/2024 submerged many central Quy Nhon neighborhoods over 2 meters deep, forcing hundreds to climb onto rooftops and mezzanines to seek rescue.
Tens of thousands of Tet mai plants in An Nhon have suffered scorched leaves and damaged roots following typhoon Kalmaegi, leaving many garden owners facing billions of dong in losses and severe hardship.
