The difficult life of people in the flood-prone area of ​​Bich Hao

While flood waters in the upper Thanh Chuong district have receded sharply, many communes in Bich Hao area (including Thanh Xuan, Thanh Lam, Thanh Tung, Thanh Mai, Thanh Giang, Thanh Ha communes) are still submerged in water. Photo: Huy Thu

Thanh Xuan is the most severely flooded and isolated commune in the Bich Hao area. People living in hamlets on low hills are almost completely isolated. Households living at the foot of the hills are often flooded from 0.5 to 1.5 meters deep. In Phu Lap hamlet alone, more than 40 households had their houses flooded. Photo: Huy Thu

According to local people, this flood rose faster and was deeper than the flood in 2020. Households that were heavily flooded helped each other evacuate people and property, livestock, poultry... to higher locations, or took shelter in houses of households that were not flooded. Photo: Huy Thu

In the flooded areas, the lives of local people are disrupted, and households have to make efforts and be proactive in coping with the difficult situation of people in the flooded areas. People in the flooded areas are living without electricity, without clean water, and at high risk of drowning... Photo: Huy Thu

Many houses and outbuildings of people in flood-hit areas were simply built and submerged in water, damaged and collapsed. Photo: Huy Thu

Along with the functional forces ready to be on standby to fight floods in communes, each village and hamlet in flood-affected areas has also established a rescue team to help people in the hamlet. Each rescue team usually gathers members who are active people in the hamlet, ready to devote themselves to the community. Photo: Huy Thu

The floodwaters rose quickly, leaving families with few people, sick and struggling to move rice, furniture, livestock, poultry... To support each other, the villagers, rescue teams and authorities promptly took action to move property and people to safety. Photo: Huy Thu

In Thanh Xuan commune, during the day and night of September 30, the Phu Lap hamlet rescue team worked continuously day and night, supporting more than 30 families to scoop rice, pack rice, and move dozens of tons of rice along with belongings and assets to avoid the flood. Photo: Huy Thu

Living in a flooded area, no electricity, no clean water, and food shortages. Currently, clean water for daily activities, especially for eating and drinking, has become an urgent problem for the people. Mr. Nguyen Van Canh - head of Phu Lap hamlet, Thanh Xuan commune said: The hamlet has 197 households, both those whose houses were flooded and those who were not, most of them lack clean water for daily activities. Many households have to row rafts to ask for cans of water to use. Photo: Huy Thu

An old woman in Phu Lap hamlet, Thanh Xuan commune said: Her family has been lacking clean water for the past few days, so she had to ask her neighbors for water to cook. Photo: Huy Thu

In areas cut off by floodwaters, deeply submerged, and with difficult transportation, only people with urgent needs leave the village. Not only is there a lack of clean water, but medicine, rechargeable lamps, etc. are still urgent needs of local people. Photo: Huy Thu