Nam Dan: Hundreds of hectares of rice fields submerged in water.
(Baonghean.vn) - Following a heavy rainstorm accompanied by strong winds on the evening of September 10th, hundreds of hectares of summer-autumn rice crops in Nam Dan district were flattened and submerged. Currently, local people are still focusing on harvesting the rice using all available means.
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| Large areas of summer-autumn rice crops in Nam Dan district have been flattened and submerged in water. |
In Nam Dan district, there are over 600 hectares of summer-autumn rice, with more than 70% of the area already ripe. The heavy rain and strong winds last night (September 10th) caused most of the rice fields in several communes such as Nam Xuan, Nam Anh, Xuan Hoa, and Nam Linh to be flattened, with some areas submerged in water.
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| Following the principle of "better to harvest early than late," farmers in Nam Dan are focusing on harvesting to avoid losses. |
Mr. Ho Dinh Thang, Deputy Head of the Agriculture and Rural Development Department of Nam Dan district, said: People are focusing on harvesting rice to escape the flood. The Agriculture and Rural Development Department has advised the District People's Committee to provide specific guidance. As of now, 60-80% of the summer-autumn rice crop has ripened, and the district has issued a directive to the communes to promptly implement harvesting work to ensure rice yield.
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| People in Nam Xuan commune have to harvest the flattened rice using manual methods. |
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| In the higher areas, farmers are taking advantage of the opportunity to use harvesting machines before the rain comes. |
Observations in several rice fields in Nam Xuan commune show that, due to the forecast of continued heavy rain in the coming days, people are actively harvesting the flattened rice crops. Because the rice has fallen flat, in some areas people are having to harvest manually by hand. In addition, threshing machines and combine harvesters have been mobilized to the fields to ensure the harvesting progress and minimize damage caused by the rain.
Pham Dong
