{
  "id": 7274315,
  "title": "Floods, landslides cut off communities in central Vietnam despite easing rains",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/floods-landslides-cut-off-communities-in-central-vietnam-despite",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T08:14:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SGGP English Edition",
    "slug": "sggp-english-edition",
    "url": "https://en.sggp.org.vn/floods-landslides-cut-off-communities-in-central-vietnam-despite-easing-rains-post129675.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "As rainfall tapered off on September 13, many communities in central Vietnam remained cut off and submerged due to severe landslides and agricultural damage. Emergency teams rushed to Ha Tinh, Quang Tri, Da Nang, and Quang Ngai provinces to provide urgent relief and recovery operations. The mountainous regions of Quang Tri were especially hard hit, with several communes like A Doi, Dakrong, Lia, and Truong Son left isolated by deep waters.\n\nIn Lao Bao Commune, the Se Pon River rose quickly overnight, flooding riverside villages. Authorities managed to evacuate 455 residents while setting up checkpoints at heavily flooded spillways to prevent crossings through swift currents. Heavy rains caused major traffic disruptions and slope failures across the province, with National Route 15D experiencing severe flooding up to two meters high at the La Lay spillway bridge. Soil and rock collapses onto the highway near Km9+980 also occurred.\n\nBefore the floodwaters rose, a tornado accompanied by downpours damaged five homes in Sen Nam village. In Ha Tinh Province, heavy rainfall triggered dangerous landslips along a coastal defense patrol road, leading to the suspension of all vehicular and pedestrian traffic and closure of the Nui Rac mountain area due to a heightened landslide risk. Da Nang City saw localized flooding recede as rains subsided, allowing some residents to return home and clear debris.\n\nEmergency crews remain on high alert in Da Nang, clearing drainage paths and ready to evacuate residents if conditions worsen. Along access roads to highland and border communities, including A Vuong, Tay Giang, and Hung Son, multiple landslides have been reported. Emergency forces have deployed traffic control personnel and heavy equipment to clear the roads.\n\nIn Quang Ngai Province, heavy rains impacted late-season summer-autumn rice crops, with about 48.2 hectares flooded across An Phu, Nghia Giang, Dinh Cuong, and Long Phung communes. Roughly 13 hectares of rice remain unharvested in Long Phung, with 1.5 hectares completely submerged. The tropical depression damaged nine homes across Quang Tri and Hue City, inundating 409 residences. The National Steering Committee for Civil Defense urged local authorities to remain vigilant, monitor rainfall patterns, and prepare for severe flooding, flash floods, and landslides.",
  "summary": "Although rainfall began to taper off and floodwaters started receding across parts of the Central region on Sunday afternoon, September 13, many residential areas remain submerged and isolated. Tropical depression to make landfall from Ha Tinh to Quang Tri tonight Tropical depression enters central waters, heavy rain warned Central Vietnam braces for heavy rains amidst approaching tropical…",
  "key_points": [
    "Severe floods and landslides cut off communities in central Vietnam.",
    "Emergency teams provide relief in Ha Tinh, Quang Tri, Da Nang, and Quang Ngai provinces.",
    "455 residents evacuated from Lao Bao Commune; 409 homes inundated in Quang Tri."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "VnExpress International",
        "title": "Tropical depression hits central Vietnam, threatening widespread flooding and landslides",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/tropical-depression-hits-central-vietnam-threatening-widespread",
        "published": "2026-09-14T02:54:41.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}