Sadly harvesting spring rice that was destroyed by storms in Dien Chau

Van Truong• DNUM_BCZAFZCACD 14:59

(Baonghean.vn) - The impact of heavy rain and storms on May 7 caused many rice fields in Dien Chau district to collapse. These days, farmers are rushing to the fields to harvest to minimize damage.

At the field of hamlet 2, Dien Dong commune,Dien ChauSeeing many rice fields submerged in water, farmers took advantage of the rain to harvest. (Photo taken at 11am on May 12). Photo: Van Truong

Some farmers in Dien Dong commune said that rice yield will be reduced by about 30% if storms and tornadoes hit the rice fields before harvest. Photo: Van Truong.

A representative of Dien Dong Commune People's Committee said: The whole commune has 299 hectares of spring rice, due to the impact of storms and tornadoes, over 20 hectares have been broken. Currently, people are harvesting the broken rice area to minimize damage, because rice soaked in water for a long time will be damaged. Photo: Van Truong

Spring riceThe rice fields were collapsed and soaked in water, so people in Dien Thai commune (Dien Chau) had to harvest them manually and could not use harvesters. Photo: Van Truong

Dien Chau farmers use foam to pull rice ashore. Photo: Van Truong

Mr. Le The Hieu, Head of the Department of Agriculture of Dien Chau district, said: Due to the recent storms, the entire Dien Chau district had 130 hectares of rice broken, concentrated in the communes of Dien Dong, Dien Thai, Dien Nguyen... The district directed the communes to mobilize forces to clear the flow, drain water in the rice fields, not let the fields be soaked in water, to limit rice germination. Take advantage of the dry weather to simultaneously harvest spring rice. Up to this point, the entire district has harvested 2,000/9,000 hectares of rice, and it is expected that the spring rice crop will be harvested by May 20. Photo: Van Truong