Nghe An: Dozens of tons of longan cracked, more than 100 hectares of green onions collapsed after heavy rain

Do Luong: Dozens of tons of longan fruit cracked and fell due to prolonged heavy rain

The prolonged heavy rain over a large area not only caused flooding of rice and crops in Do Luong district but also caused hundreds of longan trees to crack and fall off when ready to be harvested.

Hundreds of longan trees are ripe for harvest and their fruit is cracked and falling. Photo: Huu Hoan

According to the people, this is the year with the biggest longan harvest ever. Almost all the longan trees are bearing heavy fruit, the amount of fruit is 2-3 times more than last year and there are only 15 days left to harvest.

However, heavy rain from July 15 to 18 caused hundreds of longan trees in Do Luong district to crack and fall; estimated damage was up to tens of tons of fruit, equivalent to hundreds of millions of VND.

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More than 100 hectares of green onions in Quynh Luu collapsed

Of the 240 hectares of vegetable production land in the 2018 summer crop, Quynh Luong commune restructured about 80% of the scallion area, due to heavy rain in recent days, causing nearly 80 hectares of scallion to collapse.

Currently, hundreds of households growing green onions in Quynh Luong commune are urgently going to the fields to take care of and harvest vegetables.

Mr. Nguyen Van Phuc's family in Quynh Luong commune is urgently focusing on harvesting green onions to "run away" from the storm. Looking at more than 1 sao of green onions falling to the ground, Mr. Phuc was heartbroken: "The heavy rain that has lasted for the past few days has caused all the scallions to fall down, making harvesting difficult and time-consuming. Now, we're trying to salvage as much money as possible to offset the cost of production investment."

In the entire Quynh Luong commune, about 80 hectares of green onions were flattened, reducing productivity and value. Photo: Viet Hung.

Mr. Nguyen Van Tue - Chairman of Quynh Luong Commune People's Committee said that after receiving an urgent telegram from the District People's Committee directing people to focus on caring for and protecting vegetables during stormy weather, the locality advised farmers to harvest early, prioritizing harvesting first to promptly bring them to wholesale markets nationwide.

In Quynh Minh commune, heavy rain also affected about 50 hectares of vegetables, mainly green onions. Ms. Nguyen Thi Minh, a vegetable grower, said: "Currently, people are urgently harvesting onions, due to heavy rain, the purchase price is also lower than 3,000 VND/kg. As for households that have just planted onions, all of them were damaged by the rain, so they have to wait until it stops to replant."

Farmers in Quynh Luong commune (Quynh Luu) harvest vegetables during the storm. Photo: Viet Hung

In addition to scallions, some vegetable areas with high prices such as lettuce, coriander (8,000 VND/kg), mustard greens (4,000 VND/kg)... are also urgently harvested by Quynh Luu people; to limit damage caused by storms.

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Dien Chau focuses on flood control

With nearly 200mm of rain due to the influence of low pressure in recent days, in the whole Dien Chau district, 2,500 hectares of crops, including 600 hectares of rice and nearly 2,000 hectares of crops, were flooded.

Many rice fields in Dien Cat commune were submerged in water. Photo: Mai Giang

Along with that, the risk of overflow in aquaculture areas such as Dien Trung and Dien Van is very high.

Accordingly, from the district to the commune, measures have been quickly implemented to prevent flooding for crops; Dien Thanh sluice gate has been put into operation to ensure drainage for thousands of hectares of rice, and forces and means have been mobilized to clear the flow of the Bung River...