Many vegetable growing areas in Nghe An are submerged in water.
Thanh Phuc•September 23, 2024 13:46
Heavy rain, strong intensity, has been continuing since last night until now, causing many vegetable fields in Nghe An to be submerged in water, causing severe damage.
Dien Thinh Commune (Dien Chau) has more than 450 hectares of crops, mainly peanuts, corn and other vegetables. However, due to high tides and prolonged heavy rains, the water could not drain in time, and the entire area was submerged in water. Photo: TPOff-season peanut fields of Dien Chau district people are flooded with ice. Photo: TPDespite the support of officers and soldiers of Dien Thanh Border Guard Station (Dien Chau) to open the drainage gates along the dike to prevent saltwater intrusion, the water receded very slowly. Photo: TPHeavy rains and strong winds caused many vegetable fields in the communes of Quynh Lien (Hoang Mai town), Quynh Luong, and Quynh Bang (Quynh Luu) to be deeply flooded and severely damaged. Photo: TPMs. Nguyen Thi Hien, a farmer in Quynh Lien commune (Hoang Mai town) said: "In order to supplement the crop, my family planted 5 sao of onions. When it was time to harvest, the onions were flooded and severely damaged. With the current onion price of 35,000 VND/kg, the estimated damage is tens of millions of VND." Photo: TPMany newly planted areas of sweet cabbage, kohlrabi, and cabbage are also deeply submerged in water. Photo: TPIn the fields of Quynh Bang and Quynh Luong communes (Quynh Luu), farmers are actively harvesting damaged vegetable crops and clearing the flow to prevent flooding. Photo: TPHowever, the vegetable areas that are flooded when the sun comes out will be completely damaged due to root rot, unable to recover. In the photo: After being soaked in water for a long time, many vegetable areas have turned yellow when the water has just receded. Photo: TPMany areas of winter vegetable seeds that had not yet been harvested for sale were also flooded. Mr. Nguyen Duc - a farmer in Quynh Lien commune who planted vegetable seeds to supply to gardeners said that he planted more than 3 sao of vegetable seeds, preparing for the autumn-winter crop, but due to heavy rain, they were crushed and flooded. Photo: TPMr. Hoang Ngoc Anh - Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Quynh Lien commune said that due to the impact of prolonged rain, although people have proactively dredged ditches, covered and moved vegetables to high fields, heavy rain has flooded many vegetable areas, mainly newly planted sweet cabbage, kohlrabi, cabbage, and chayote that have been seeded and planted but have rotted and damaged, causing heavy damage to people. Photo: TPMany vegetable and fruit growing areas of farmers in Nam Anh commune, Nam Dan district were broken. Photo: TPSome greenhouses in Nghi Long commune (Nghi Loc), Trung Phuc Cuong (Nam Dan) were torn and collapsed by rain and wind. Photo: TPClip: TP
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