Nghe An: Thousands of hectares of summer-autumn rice crops submerged due to heavy rain.

This summer-autumn season, Long Thanh commune planted over 350 hectares of rice. As of now, approximately 150 hectares of rice fields have been flooded. If the rain continues, the entire 350 hectares will be submerged.

Mr. Nguyen Van Duong, Head of the Agriculture and Rural Development Department of Yen Thanh district, said: This summer-autumn crop season, the district planted over 12,000 hectares of rice. Due to continuous heavy rain in recent days, over 1,500 hectares have been flooded, mainly in the communes of Long Thanh, Bao Thanh, Vinh Thanh, Nhan Thanh, and Yen Thanh town.

The militia of Yen Thanh town urgently opened the sluice gates of the Dinh River to drain floodwaters from the town and the communes of Tang Thanh and Xuan Thanh. Photo: Van Truong

To "save" the rice crop, Yen Thanh district is actively directing localities to clear the flow of water in the main drainage channels, such as opening sluice gates on the Dinh River to drain floodwaters from Tang Thanh, Xuan Thanh, and the town; concentrating strong platoons in the communes to clear and push water hyacinths in the Bien Hoa and Bau Chen drainage canals...

Clearing water hyacinth and trash from the Dinh River drainage culvert in Yen Thanh town. Photo: Van Truong.

According to Mr. Nguyen Van Duong: If there is little rain and people actively remove water hyacinths and promptly drain the sluice gates, it is possible to save the flooded rice crops.

In Do Luong district, it has been raining continuously for the past few days. On July 16th, the rainfall measured 152mm; from the morning of July 17th until 11 am, the rainfall measured 150mm.

The Bau Du rice field is submerged in heavy rain. Photo by Ngoc Phuong.

In response to the prolonged rainfall, the leaders of the Do Luong District People's Committee, along with representatives from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Department of Economic Infrastructure, directly visited the communes to inspect and direct measures to minimize damage caused by flooding.

In the communes, district leaders inspected crops in the areas along the Lam River, promptly urging household owners to regularly monitor water levels and clear drainage channels to prevent flooding of crops.

Comrade Nguyen Trung Thanh - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Do Luong district, inspects the flooded rice fields in Tru Son commune. Photo by Ngoc Phuong.

Inspections revealed that nearly 500 hectares of summer-autumn rice fields in Do Luong district were flooded. The most affected communes included Tru Son, Dai Son, Hien Son, Quang Son, My Son, and Hong Son; Tru Son commune alone had 70 hectares of flooded rice fields.

Comrade Nguyen Trung Thanh - Vice Chairman of the District People's Committee - instructed the communes to regularly inspect, monitor, and clear the drainage canal system. As soon as the rain subsided, they were instructed to promptly direct the people to repair the damaged crops caused by flooding.

The fields in Nam Giang commune, Kim Lien district, are severely flooded. Photo: Quang An.

Due to the influence of a tropical convergence zone with its axis passing through the southern part of the Northern Delta and North Central Vietnam, connected to a tropical depression, Nghe An province experienced heavy to very heavy rain and thunderstorms. The total rainfall from July 13th to 7:00 AM on July 17th was generally 200-400 mm, specifically in some areas as follows: Quy Chau 196.0 mm; Do Luong 208.0 mm; Nam Dan 265.0 mm; Vinh City 353.0 mm; Quynh Luu 278.0 mm; Cua Hoi 408.0 mm; and Trang Market (Hung Nguyen) 465.0 mm, significantly impacting agricultural production and people's lives.

In Nam Dan district, heavy rains also flooded 1,700 hectares of rice fields out of a total of more than 5,000 hectares in the entire district. Most communes were flooded, with the most affected areas being Nam Phuc, Kim Lien, and Nam Giang.

According to initial preliminary reports from the People's Committees of districts, cities, and towns, as of 4:45 PM on July 17, 2018, the total flooded crop area was 9,046.0 hectares. Of this, 7,727.5 hectares were flooded rice paddies; and 1,318.5 hectares were flooded rice paddies.351.3 hectares of corn, peanuts, and various vegetables were flooded and damaged; 351.3 hectares of aquaculture farms were flooded and overflowed.

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Warning: Nghe An province faces a high risk of landslides and flooding.

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