People in Quynh Luu, Hoang Mai overcome the consequences of heavy rain

Viet Hung• July 5, 2019 16:00

(Baonghean.vn) - Heavy rain caused by storm No. 2 has flooded crops and houses of people in the Northern Nghe An region. Currently, people are focusing on restoring their lives.

The heavy rain that lasted throughout the night of July 3, combined with water from upstream, caused more than 100 households in Tan Thanh block, Quynh Thien ward (Hoang Mai town) to be flooded. People here stayed up all night to move people and property to other places to avoid damage caused by the flood. Photo: Viet Hung

This morning, July 5, when the weather started to clear up, households in flooded areas were focusing on overcoming the consequences, moving their belongings back to their original locations and cleaning up the surrounding environment. Mr. Nguyen Van Manh in Tan Thanh block said that at 10 p.m. on July 3, heavy rain continued, and water flooded into his house, about 1 meter high. The family had to move their children to another place and put their belongings and property on high ground." Photo: Viet Hung

The rain flooded houses and overflowed clean water tanks of many households in Quynh Thien ward. After the rain stopped, people are treating the environment and pumping water out of the tanks. To have clean water to use, households buy tap water from other places. Photo: Thanh Yen

People in Quynh Thien ward said that the reason why more than 100 households in Tan Thanh and Tan Son blocks were flooded during the recent rain was because the water could not drain into the river because the Le canal system was silted up. Photo: Farmers scooping duckweed to drain water to prevent flooding. Photo: Viet Hung

Quynh Thien ward health workers help people disinfect water wells. Photo: Thanh Yen.

After the Nam Vuc Mau irrigation canal in hamlet 16, Quynh Van commune (Quynh Luu) broke about 20 meters of the canal body. This morning, Quynh Luu Irrigation Enterprise mobilized machinery to the scene to build banks and reinforce the canal body, to store water for irrigation of crops. The broken dike flooded dozens of hectares of rice and vegetables of Quynh Van commune. Photo: Viet Hung.