Nghe An: Thousands of hectares of crops and aquaculture ponds damaged after storm No. 5
Xuan Hoang•August 26, 2025 10:26
Directly affected by storm No. 5, many areas of crops and aquaculture in Nghe An suffered heavy damage. Currently, localities are compiling specific statistics.
Clip: Xuan HoangMany areas of flower crops, mainly summer-autumn corn in the communes of Dien Chau, An Chau, Tan Hau... (old Dien Chau district) were damaged by storm No. 5. Photo: Xuan HoangMost of the summer-autumn corn plants were broken in half by the storm wind. Photo: Xuan HoangCorn fields damaged like this are considered a total loss. Photo: Xuan HoangMr. Nguyen Van Loi - Chairman of Dien Chau Commune People's Committee said that on August 26, hamlets will count the damage to crops for the commune to synthesize. Photo: Xuan Hoang Some areas of autumn-winter corn crop were also severely affected. Photo: Xuan HoangIn Quynh Anh commune (formerly Quynh Luu district), hundreds of hectares of vegetables were also destroyed by wind and storms. Photo: CSCCMr. Ho Dang Tam - Director of Quynh Bang General Agricultural Cooperative said: The whole commune has 700 hectares of vegetables, most of which were severely affected, many electric poles in the vegetable growing area were also knocked down and broken. Photo: CSCCMany summer-autumn rice fields nearing harvest were also deeply flooded. In the photo: Summer-autumn rice fields in Van Tu commune were flooded on the morning of August 26. Photo: Xuan HoangMr. Nguyen Tien Duc - Head of the Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection said: The damage to crops caused by storm No. 5 is great, mainly summer-autumn rice, corn and other vegetables. Currently, the Department is collecting specific data from localities. Photo: Some rice fields in Minh Chau commune are also flooded. Photo: Xuan HoangDue to water from the Mo River overflowing the banks, the shrimp farming area of Quynh Anh commune was flooded. Photo: CSCCAccording to Mr. Ho Dang Tam - Director of Quynh Bang General Agricultural Cooperative, the whole commune has more than 500 hectares of shrimp ponds, of which about 300 hectares are stocking winter shrimp seeds, all of which have overflowed banks, causing losses. Photo: CSCC
