Nghe An: Thousands of hectares of winter vegetables and aquaculture flooded

Vegetables in Vinh city suffered heavy damage.

Heavy rains have caused severe flooding in the winter vegetable growing areas outside Vinh. Since early morning, Mrs. Ngo Thi The, Yen Vinh hamlet, Hung Dong commune (Vinh city) has been busy in the fields to salvage some of the flooded vegetables. Mrs. The shared: My family grows 4 sao of winter vegetables, but up to now, the whole crop has been submerged in water, at risk of total loss because it is currently raining heavily and the water is receding very slowly.

Ms. Ngo Thi The in Yen Vinh hamlet, Hung Dong commune (Vinh city) in front of a vegetable field submerged in water. Photo: Quang An

Not only Mrs. The but also dozens of households in Yen Vinh block are in the same situation. The high water level has caused the vegetable fields to be flooded, causing economic damage to the people.

Mr. Pham Van Thanh - an agricultural officer of Hung Dong commune said: Learning from the previous flood, we have encouraged people to remove nets and tarpaulins to avoid damage. According to preliminary statistics, up to 70% of the vegetable area is flooded, the rest is on high ground so damage is limited.

Not only Hung Dong but other key vegetable communes such as Nghi An and Nghi Lien also suffered from heavy rain and flooding. Currently, local authorities are directing people to focus on draining and clearing water flows to minimize damage. Harvestable vegetable areas should be harvested quickly to avoid waterlogging and rotting.

Thousands of hectares of winter crops in Dien Chau, Nam Dan, Thanh Chuong... are flooded.

Vegetable fields in Dien Thanh commune (Dien Chau) were flooded. Photo: Van Truong

Ms. Nguyen Thi Nhan, a farmer in Dien Thanh commune (Dien Chau) shared: My family grows 3 sao of winter vegetables, mainly cabbage and kohlrabi to serve the Lunar New Year. The continuous rains over the past few days have caused flooding and severely damaged all 3 sao of crops, including labor and seed costs, with a loss of over 3 million VND.

According to statistics from the Department of Agriculture of Dien Chau district, 80 hectares of vegetables in the district have been flooded due to heavy rain in the past 2 days. Currently, the rain continues, so the district recommends that people remove the banks of their fields and clear the drains in the inner fields to drain water quickly.

In Thanh Chuong district, heavy rain from October 15 to 16 caused flooding on an area of ​​285.7 hectares of vegetables.

Mr. Tran Phi Hung - Head of the District's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said that the localities with large areas of flooded vegetables: Thanh Xuan 220 hectares, Thanh Mai 19 hectares, Thanh Tung 10 hectares... In addition, in Thanh Chuong district, there are also 40 meters of asphalt road flooded and damaged in Thanh Mai and Thanh Tung communes.

Nam Dan mOn October 15 and 16, thousands of hectares of winter crops and fish ponds were flooded in Nam Dan district.

The fish farming area in Xuan Hoa commune (Nam Dan) is often flooded during heavy rains. Photo: Xuan Hoang

According to Mr. Nguyen Dinh The - Deputy Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Nam Dan district, according to the statistics from the communes, by 11:00 on October 16, the whole district had more than 965 hectares of corn and more than 428 hectares of winter vegetables flooded. In addition, more than 574 hectares of fish ponds and 266 hectares of third-season fish were deeply flooded. The people of some communes such as Nam Xuan, Xuan Hoa... raised fish fry, so the damage was great.

Currently, households with flooded ponds use nets around the pond banks to limit fish escape. The district has directed localities to clear sewers to drain water quickly.

According to the report of the Irrigation Department, up to this point in Nghe An, 1,354 hectares of aquaculture have been flooded (Nghi Loc district: 50 hectares, Nam Dan district: 953 hectares, Hung Nguyen district: 226 hectares, Vinh city: 125 hectares). The area of ​​vegetables flooded is 1,806 hectares.

Faced with the situation of prolonged heavy rain, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development directed localities to mobilize human resources to clear the flow of canals and sewers to quickly drain the water. After the water receded, farmers actively took care of vegetables to meet the season; areas damaged by over 70% were replanted.

Mr. Nguyen Van Lap - Deputy Director of Department of Agriculture and Rural Development