Prolonged heavy rains have submerged hundreds of hectares of vegetables in Nghe An.

Heavy rain for many days caused hundreds of hectares of vegetables of Quynh Luu farmers to be flooded. Photo: Viet Hung

Heavy rains in recent days have damaged hundreds of hectares of vegetables in the coastal areas of Quynh Luu.submerged in water

At the vegetable field of Quynh Minh commune,heavy rainhas flooded many vegetable fields of the people. Although it is raining, people still go to the fields to harvest vegetables to limit damage when the sun comes out; but in deeper fields, the water has not been able to recede, people can only "reluctantly" watch the vegetables flooded because they cannot save them.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoa, a resident of Quynh Minh commune, said: "Heavy rain in the past two days has damaged my family's two fields of green onions.flooded. It is still raining heavily, the drainage canals are overflowing and flooded across the fields, making it difficult to drain the water. All the green onions will be damaged when the sun comes out. Currently, onion prices are high, so the flooding has caused the family to lose tens of millions of dong.

Farmers in Quynh Minh commune urgently harvest green onions. Photo: Viet Hung

According to statistics from vegetable growing communes in the areaQuynh Luu districtHeavy rains lasting for 3 days from (September 7-9) flooded more than 250 hectares of vegetables; of which Quynh Luong was affected 50 hectares, Quynh Minh more than 167 hectares. In Quynh Minh commune alone, about 100 hectares of vegetables of the people are unable to recover because the area is located in a low-lying area.

Mr. Tran Minh Loi - an agricultural officer of Quynh Minh commune said: The whole commune has 167 hectares of vegetable area, of which about 60% is for growing green onions. Heavy rains in the past few days have flooded the entire vegetable area, of which nearly 100 hectares cannot be restored. Currently, the main canal system and branch canals in the area are all concreted, meeting about 60% of the area. However, there are still some earthen canals in the branch canals, so in the rainy season it will be difficult to drain water in the fields.

InHoang Mai townIn recent days, there has been prolonged heavy rain causing flooding, damaging many rice and vegetable fields of farmers.

Vegetable fields in Hoang Mai town are deeply submerged in water. Photo: Tran Thanh Yen

According to statistics of the Economic DepartmentHoang Mai townAs of September 9, the area affected and damaged by floods in the area was more than 100 hectares, mainly vegetables of farmers in Quynh Lien commune with more than 70 hectares, including 30 hectares of chayote and 40 hectares of short-term vegetables of various kinds.

The remaining area is 30 hectares of rice and vegetables in Quynh Xuan and Mai Hung wards. Meanwhile, the current weather is still raining and will last for another 1 to 2 days, so the area of ​​damaged vegetables will be very large.

Prolonged heavy rains have caused more than 70 hectares of vegetables to be affected by flooding. Photo: Bich Huong

Faced with that situation, the People's Committee of Hoang Mai town directed the People's Committees of communes with flooded crops to urgently inspect and guide people.harvestSome vegetable areas have been harvested to some extent, and measures have been taken to handle and overcome the consequences after the flood./.