Nghe An: People from upstream to downstream risk their lives to collect flooded firewood
(Baonghean.vn) - After storm No. 4, the flood on Lam River rose, carrying a lot of wood and firewood from upstream to Highway 7 and downstream. From Ky Son to the plain districts, people rushed to collect firewood despite the danger that could happen at any time because the mountain could collapse or the flood could wash away.
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| After the flood, hundreds of cubic meters of rock and soil and trees fell from the mountains and rivers, causing danger to people and vehicles traveling on Highway 7. Photo: Minh Khue |
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| Large tree stumps with a diameter of nearly 1 meter rolled down and lay scattered on the side of the road. Photo: Trang Trang |
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| As soon as the water receded, people rushed to collect firewood. Some even brought chainsaws to cut wood and firewood. Photo: Minh Khue |
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| An old man collects firewood that has drifted in during the landslide. Photo: Trang Trang |
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| Firewood is gathered along the roadside right at the landslide site. Photo: Minh Khue |
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| In the current weather conditions, floodwaters rise, landslides and rocks can roll down at any time. It is very dangerous for people to collect firewood at landslide sites regardless of safety. Photo: Trang Trang |
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| Meanwhile, downstream, in the past two days, people in Thanh Chuong and Nam Dan along the Lam River have also rushed to collect flooded firewood. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Families with boats rowed out into the middle of the river, while those without boats used poles to stand on the shore to catch firewood… as long as they could find firewood. Quite dangerously, they even used old bamboo boats to “rob” firewood in the middle of the flood.Photo: Huy Thu |
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| An old man stood on the edge of a cliff, trying to pull a piece of firewood along the current. Standing on the edge of a cliff, pulling a piece of firewood along the roaring floodwaters, is fraught with many risks.Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Every time they rush into the flood waters, when they return to shore, these simple bamboo boats are still full of firewood, with water lapping at the sides of the boats. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Many women are not afraid of danger, wading in flood water to collect firewood. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Some people even salvaged large trees or good, square, sharp-edged wooden slabs. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| According to local people, this flood was bigger than the previous one (storm number 3), so many types of wood and large firewood were salvaged. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Taking advantage of the time to “rob” firewood from the flood, some people did not have time to bring the firewood to the wharf, but instead piled it up right in the shallow water. Photo: Huy Thu |
