Heavy rain caused deep flooding in many rice fields in Thanh Chuong

Due to the influence of the monsoon, on the night of May 15, in Thanh Chuong district, there wererainThe prolonged drought caused many areas of winter-spring rice about to be harvested in low-lying and mountainous communes in the district to collapse and be deeply flooded, affecting productivity and making harvesting difficult.

Many rice fields in Thanh Chuong district, which are about to be harvested, are deeply submerged in water. Photo: Huy Thu

Mr. Nguyen Van Dan in Thanh Huong commune said: Prolonged heavy rain, water in the fields could not drain fast enough, causing flooding in many rice fields in the commune, especially deep rice fields near the river.

Many rice fields in Thanh Lien commune (Thanh Chuong) are deeply submerged in water. Photo: Thanh Phuc

Mr. Dinh Viet Nam - Vice Chairman of Thanh Lien Commune People's Committee (Thanh Chuong) said: "According to preliminary statistics, the whole commune has nearly 20 hectares of rice that are heavily flooded, with the rice necks submerged, concentrated in the pond areas of the hamlets: Lien Truong, Lien Minh, Lien Phuc. At the same time, more than 10 hectares of corn also fell. In addition, many areas of rice have been harvested and brought from the fields to their homes, but due to local flooding in residential areas, the rice was washed away into the garden, causing damage of up to a ton."

According to Mr. Nam, although we had previously received information predicting heavy rain, we urged people to harvest early with the motto "it is better to be green at home than in the fields", but because the rice was not ripe enough to harvest and the harvesters had not arrived in time, most of the area had not been harvested yet," Mr. Nam added.

Rice fields are deeply submerged in water, the water is currently receding slowly, there is a high risk of rice germination and rotting. Photo: Thanh Phuc

According to initial preliminary statistics, by the morning of May 16, the entire district had about 50 hectares of rice flooded, with damage of about 30-50%, mainly concentrated in the communes of Dai Dong, Thanh Ha, Thanh Mai, and Thanh Lien.

Mr. Tran Phi Hung - Head of the Department of Agriculture of Thanh Chuong district said: "We have established delegations to visit the fields and count the damage in the localities. At the same time, we have directed the communes to mobilize irrigation teams to coordinate with farmers in the fields to dredge drainage ditches and remove banks to drain water. However, currently, the water is receding very slowly, the risk of rice grains falling off, germinating and rotting is high. If it continues to rain, it will be very difficult to overcome."

The rain caused a serious landslide on 25m of concrete road passing through hamlet 1, Thanh Duong commune. Photo: Thanh Phuc

In particular, after heavy rain on the night of May 15, 25m of concrete road in Thanh Duong commune was completely eroded, affecting the travel of dozens of households. In the immediate future, the commune has set up barriers, put up warning ropes and had people on duty to instruct people not to pass through the landslide area. It is known that this route has been allocated a budget of about 1 billion VND for design and re-construction to overcome the subsidence and landslide as soon as possible to ensure traffic for people.

Heavy rain also uprooted a mahogany tree in Thanh Chuong town and fell on the power line, causing a pole to collapse.electricityThe tree fell on Highway 46. Fortunately, the tree fell in the middle of the night without causing any damage to people or vehicles.

This morning, local authorities are cutting down trees and restoring power lines.

Fallen trees and electric poles in Thanh Chuong town. Photo: Huy Thu

Also last night, in the middle of a thunderstorm,lightningbeat to death two buffaloes of Mr. Phan Ngoc Toan's family in Tong Doi hamlet, Thanh Duc commune.

Mr. Toan said that during the heavy rain, two buffaloes (one mother buffalo about to give birth and one young buffalo) were grazing in the field on their way home when they were struck by lightning and died in the middle of a tea field.

Thanh Chuong district authorities are fixing the problem of a tree falling on the power line. Photo: Huy Thu

“My family had two buffaloes killed by lightning. Luckily, when the lightning struck, the family was not herding the buffaloes, otherwise this heartbreaking incident could have easily happened,” said Mr. Toan.

Mr. Toan's family's buffalo was struck to death by lightning in the field. Photo: Huy Thu