July 15 was the third day that ships and high-speed ferries from Rach Gia to Phu Quoc, Nam Du and vice versa were temporarily suspended, leaving more than 700 tourists stranded on Nam Du island. Meanwhile, bad weather and heavy rain flooded many roads, affecting hundreds of households in Phu Quoc City.
According to the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Search and Rescue and Civil Defense of Phu Quoc City, due to the influence of tropical depression in the East Sea, from the night of July 13, there was prolonged heavy rain until the early morning of July 14, in the area. Phu Quoc City has local flooding in some areas.
Heavy rain has caused serious flooding in the hamlets of Ben Tram, Cay Thong Ngoai and Cay Thong Trong in Cua Duong commune. A total of 139 households were affected by flooding, including 60 households in Cay Thong Ngoai hamlet, 25 households in Ben Tram hamlet and 54 households in Cay Thong Trong hamlet.
The forces of the City's Natural Disaster Prevention, Search and Rescue and Civil Defense Steering Committee have coordinated with the forces of the Cua Duong Commune Steering Committee (a total of nearly 100 people) to participate in supporting people in these places. flooded. There were also other rescue vehicles to assist, thereby promptly relocating 22 households to safe shelters (for the remaining households, people actively moved out of the flooded area).
Supported the relocation of property for 40 households, and brought dozens of motorbikes out of flooded areas with rising water levels. In particular, the force promptly brought a pregnant woman out of the deeply flooded area to Phu Quoc City Medical Center to give birth. The mother has now given birth to a baby and her health is stable.
In the An Son commune area, Ms. Tran Thi Yen Oanh - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of An Son commune (Kien Hai district) also said that on Nam Du island, there are more than 700 tourists still stranded because there is no boat to return to the land. immediately. Many motels and hotels on the island have proactively reduced room prices by 30% to 50% to support this group of tourists.
