Storm swept away 16.5 billion VND in Que Phong

(Baonghean.vn)- According to statistics from the People's Committee of Que Phong district, storm No. 2 and the prolonged heavy rain that followed caused this mountainous border district to suffer losses of more than 16.5 billion VND.

More than 166 hectares of rice fields were flooded and buried by the flood. (Photo taken at Na Nhang village, Tien Phong commune on July 27). Photo by Hung Cuong

Although it is a mountainous district, the damage caused by the recent storm No. 2 in Que Phong district is not small. The storm caused flash floods, inundation, and damaged many traffic works, irrigation works, houses and crops of people in the district.

National Highway 16 through Tri Le commune landslide due to storm No. 2. Photo: Hung Cuong

According to statistics from the People's Committee of Que Phong district, storm No. 2 completely collapsed 9 houses, blew off the roofs of 221 houses, 5 houses were flooded, 24 houses suffered landslides; the roofs of 5 kitchens of Tri Le Secondary School, 3 classrooms of Dong Van 2 Primary School were blown off; Traffic routes such as Chau Kim - Nam Giai, Muong - Huu Van village (Chau Kim commune)... were seriously eroded; 5 wooden bridges in Thong Thu and Muong Noc communes were damaged;

A landslide on Chau Kim - Nam Giai road. Photo: Hung Cuong

Irrigation works in almost all communes in the district were severely damaged. 47.88 hectares of crops were flooded; 24 hectares of aquaculture water surface were damaged; 166,173 hectares of rice were flooded and buried; 2 buffaloes were swept away.

People of Cam Muon commune (Que Phong) go to the fields to replant rice fields destroyed by storm No. 2. Photo: Hung Cuong

Up to this point, local leaders have directly gone to communes to urge them to overcome the consequences of storms and floods, rebuild and re-roof collapsed and blown-off houses to help people stabilize their lives.

Ho Phuong - Hung Cuong