People in the northern provinces struggle in floodwaters
Prolonged rains and floods in the North have caused widespread flooding, forcing people to make their own bamboo rafts, banana rafts, and use pieces of wood and car inner tubes to navigate the water.
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| Heavy rains that began in Quang Ninh on July 25th caused the areas of Ha Long, Cam Pha, and Van Don to be submerged in water. Highway 18A at Deo But slope, Ha Phong ward (Ha Long city) was flooded up to 1.5 meters deep, forcing many people to pay to take a boat across the flooded section of about 100 meters. |
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| Some people use rickshaws and motorboats to transport people and vehicles for 50,000 VND/motorbike and 30,000 VND/person. |
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| In Viet Hai island commune, Cat Hai district (Hai Phong), heavy rains since July 29 have caused 30 out of 91 households to be flooded up to the roof. Rescue forces have brought people and livestock to safety and assigned people to protect people's property. This is the first flood in Viet Hai commune since its establishment. |
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| Despite the danger, a resident used a water bottle as a buoy to get into the commune. |
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| Since the night of July 31, widespread heavy rains have caused landslides, flash floods, and isolated remote villages in a series of mountainous provinces such as Lang Son, Cao Bang, Dien Bien, Lao Cai, Lai Chau, etc. The rising floodwaters have "surrounded" 17 households in Lung Man village, Gia Loc commune, Chi Lang district (Lang Son), and people have had to make banana rafts to travel. |
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| The elderly, women, and children were evacuated, leaving only men to look after their belongings. Lung Man village was cut off from electricity, lacking water, food, and provisions. Rescuers used boats to bring water, instant noodles, and candles to the people. To receive relief supplies, this man used a car inner tube instead of a boat. |
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| Village 4, Van Linh Commune, Chi Lang (Lang Son) was submerged 2-4 meters in floodwater. To break the isolation, 4 simple rafts were built by the people themselves to serve their travel needs. Each raft can carry up to 2 adults and a motorbike at a price of 5,000-10,000 VND. |
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| On the morning of August 4, heavy rains continued in Thong Nong district (Cao Bang). Two inter-district and inter-commune roads from Thanh Long commune to Binh Lang commune were flooded more than 2 meters deep. To get around, people had to use temporary bamboo rafts, each trip costing from 20,000 VND to 50,000 VND. |
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| Heavy rains spread in the northern provinces and spread to the North Central region. Floods in the upper reaches of the Ma River rose rapidly, isolating many villages in Cam Thuy, Ba Thuoc, Quan Hoa, and Muong Lat districts (Thanh Hoa). The government had to evacuate more than 100 households to higher ground. In the photo, people in Thanh Son commune, Ba Thuoc district use planks to move on the road. The meteorological agency said that showers and thunderstorms will continue in the North today and tonight. Since July 25, the historic floods that occurred in Quang Ninh and then spread to the entire North have killed 28 people and left 8 missing. Quang Ninh province alone suffered 2,700 billion VND in damage, while other localities have not yet been fully accounted for. |
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