Large areas of vegetable crops in Nghe An are submerged in water.
Thanh Phuc•September 23, 2024 13:46
Heavy, intense rain that has been falling continuously since yesterday evening has submerged many vegetable crops in Nghe An province, causing significant damage.
Dien Thinh commune (Dien Chau district) has over 450 hectares of land planted with crops, mainly peanuts, corn, and other vegetables. However, due to high tides combined with prolonged heavy rain, the water could not drain quickly enough, and the entire area was deeply submerged. Photo: TPThe off-season peanut fields of the people in Dien Chau district are covered in ice. Photo: TP.Despite the assistance of officers and soldiers from the Dien Thanh Border Guard Post (Dien Chau) in opening the drainage gates along the saltwater intrusion prevention dike, the water is receding very slowly. Photo: TPHeavy, intense rainfall has caused severe flooding and damage to many vegetable crops in the communes of Quynh Lien (Hoang Mai town), Quynh Luong, and Quynh Bang (Quynh Luu district). Photo: TPMs. Nguyen Thi Hien, a farmer from Quynh Lien commune (Hoang Mai town), said: “To ensure a successful crop rotation, my family planted 5 sao (approximately 0.5 hectares) of onions. Just as it was time for harvest, the heavy rain caused flooding and severe damage. With the current onion price at 35,000 VND/kg, the estimated loss is tens of millions of dong.” (Photo: TP)Many newly planted areas of sweet cabbage, kohlrabi, and cabbage are also submerged in water. Photo: TPIn the fields of Quynh Bang and Quynh Luong communes (Quynh Luu district), farmers are actively harvesting damaged crops and clearing waterways to prevent flooding. Photo: TPHowever, vegetable crops that were flooded will be completely ruined when the sun comes out, due to root rot, and cannot recover. In the photo: After being submerged in water for a long time, many vegetable crops have turned yellow as soon as the water recedes. Photo: TPMany areas of winter vegetable seedlings that hadn't yet been harvested and sold were flooded. Mr. Nguyen Duc, a farmer in Quynh Lien commune who grows vegetable seedlings to supply to gardeners, said that he sowed more than 3 acres of vegetable seedlings in preparation for the autumn-winter crop, but due to heavy rain, they were damaged and flooded. Photo: TPMr. Hoang Ngoc Anh, Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Quynh Lien commune, said that due to the prolonged rain, although people had proactively cleared ditches, covered and moved vegetables to higher ground, heavy rain flooded many areas of vegetable crops, mainly newly planted sweet cabbage, kohlrabi, cabbage, and chayote that had been sown and planted, causing heavy losses for the people. (Photo: TP)Large areas of vegetable crops and trellises belonging to farmers in Nam Anh commune, Nam Dan district, were damaged and destroyed. Photo: TPSeveral greenhouses in Nghi Long commune (Nghi Loc district) and Trung Phuc Cuong commune (Nam Dan district) were damaged or collapsed due to rain and wind. Photo: TPClip: TP
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