Nearly 100 houses in Tuong Duong affected by storms
Due to the impact of storm No. 4, in the past few days, Tuong Duong district has had heavy rain over a large area. Now the rain has decreased, the weather is sunny, the water in the streams has begun to recede, Tuong Duong district mobilized forces to help people overcome the consequences of the flood.
According to a quick report provided by the Department of Agriculture and Development of Tuong Duong district, as of 5:00 p.m. on September 23, the entire district had 96 houses affected by storms and rain, of which 6 houses were severely damaged (mainly due to landslides causing rocks and soil to enter the houses).:Xa Luong commune has 2 houses; Yen Hoa commune has 1 house; Thach Giam town: 1 house; Yen Thang commune: 1 house; Yen Tinh commune: 1 house. Tam Quang commune: The People's Committee of the commune has evacuated 36 households (including Tan Huong village 8 households; Tung Huong village 28 households) at high risk of landslides.
Damage to agriculture, forestry and salt production: 13,386 hectares of rice fields were flooded and collapsed; 7,885 hectares of corn, cassava, bananas, sugarcane and vegetables were swept away and buried.
Regarding traffic, many roads were eroded or flooded, specifically: the route from Tam Thai commune and Tam Hop commune was flooded with many overflow bridges, completely isolating Tam Hop commune; The route from Trung Thang village, Yen Thang commune to Xop Coc village and Tat village has 2 overflow bridges, one at the beginning of Xop Coc village, one at the end of Tat village. Every time it rains, the water in Chon stream rises very quickly, causing the 2 villages in this area to be isolated, all trading activities of the people are completely cut off. It is known that Xop Coc village and Tat village, Yen Thang commune have about 200 households with about 800 people and many roads have landslides causing traffic jams...
In addition, the water pipe systems of some villages were also seriously damaged.
Since the afternoon of September 23, the rain has decreased, the weather has cleared up, and the water in the streams has begun to recede. Currently, all the spillways are basically back to normal, except for the spillway at Khoi village, Tam Thai commune (Tam Thai to Tam Hop route) and Xop Coc spillway (the route to the inner villages of Yen Thang commune) which are still flooded. If there is no rain in the next 1-2 days, traffic will be back to normal.
In recent days, Tuong Duong district has mobilized forces to help people overcome the consequences of floods; at the same time, visited and gave gifts to support families that suffered heavy damage caused by floods.
