CUU LONG DELTA — Unrelenting rains and high tides last week caused water levels in the Mekong River's upstream areas in Dong Thap Muoi (Plain of Reeds) to rise sharply, according to the Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
They rose by 1-8cm a day and would continue to increase rapidly, it said.
The Plain of Reeds covers the provinces of Long An, Tien Giang, and Dong Thap.
About 2,500ha of standing rice crop in Long An's Vinh Hung District are threatened by floods that have swollen to one metre.
Heavy rains and strong winds have flattened 2,000ha of rice in another district in the province, Moc Hoa.
In Dong Thap, normally one of the hardest hit during the annual flood season, the People's Committee has called a halt to the planting of the third rice crop in some areas in Tan Hong District since the floods have come early this year. Thousands of households in the province's upstream districts have been living in fear of river-bank erosion caused by flooding. Banks have been washed away at several spots since early this month.
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