Heavy rains, Lake Ke Go discharges floods with great flow | News

10/19/2020 Vietnam



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This afternoon, October 19, talk to YouthMr. Ngo Duc Hoi, Head of Office of the Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Control and Search and Rescue in Ha Tinh Province, said that this unit just sent a document requesting guidance from the Central Steering Committee on disaster prevention natural. heard about Ke Go Lake Spillway (Cam Xuyen District, Ha Tinh) to discharge floods in an emergency situation, because the water in this irrigation reservoir has exceeded the design level.

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According to Mr. Hoi, the water level in Ke Go Lake at 8 am this morning is at a height of 1 m higher than the design water level, and is currently spilling at a flow rate of 950 m.3/ s and continue to discharge at a maximum capacity of 1,100 m3/ s.

However, according to the forecast of the Ha Tinh Hydrometeorology Station, the rain in the next few hours in the Ha Tinh area is expected to be about 350-400 mm, if the rain continues, the lake water will exceed the height . The spillway peak is +35.0 m, the risk of an unsafe lake is very great.

Faced with this situation, the province of Ha Tinh has plans to destroy the spillway to discharge the floods with the flow through the Fuse and onto the Doc Mieu spillway with a flow of about 4,100 m.3/ s. This is an urgent situation to consider. Therefore, the Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Search and Rescue in Ha Tinh Province requested the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control to lead the relevant units to support the calculation plan. security and have solutions. help Ha Tinh province to ensure the safety of the project.

Heavy rains, Lake Ke Go discharges floods with great flow - photo 1

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“At 16:30 this afternoon, the water level has not exceeded the maximum level of the overflow and Lake Ke Go is still discharging with a flow of 940 m.3/ s. Currently, the rainfall has also gradually decreased and the amount of water accumulated in the lake has decreased. Therefore, Ha Tinh province has not considered the plan to destroy spillways to discharge floods. In particular, we are also waiting for the delegation of the Central Steering Committee for the prevention of natural disasters on the way back to review it, ”said Hoi.

The floods in Ha Tinh, Ke Go Lake are in the “most dangerous” situation.

According to Mr. Hoi, if the Ke Go Lake flood incident is destroyed, it will cause the downstream area to flood more deeply, but the water will also recede very quickly because the floodplain is close to the estuary.

How Youth reported that this morning, heavy rains associated with Lake Ke Go are discharging floods at 900 m3/ s has caused many communes in 2 districts of Cam Xuyen, Thach Ha (Ha Tinh) and almost the entire city of Ha Tinh to be deeply flooded.

The Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ha Tinh Province ordered the Chairman of the People’s Committee of Cam Xuyen, Thach Ha and Ha Tinh districts to urgently mobilize forces and means to organize the relocation of almost 15,000 households with more than 46,000 people in the area downstream of the lake. Ke Go arrived safely.

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