According to a quick report from the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention - Search and Rescue and Civil Defense of Nghe An province, as of 5:00 p.m. on July 26, the whole province had recorded 4 deaths, 4 injuries, 6,629 houses affected, and a series of serious damage to infrastructure, agricultural production, transportation, electricity, water, and communications.
From July 21 to 25, the province experienced very heavy to very heavy rain, with common rainfall from 150 to 250mm, in some places over 300mm, such as in Quy Chau measuring 335mm, Muong Xen 260mm, Thach Giam 237mm. The large flow of water from upstream caused many areas to be flooded over a large area, caused serious landslides, caused traffic disruption, and isolated thousands of households.
In total, 10 communes are completely or partially isolated, with 78 villages and hamlets, 6,577 households, equivalent to 31,529 people. Of which, Nhon Mai commune is completely isolated with 21 villages, 1,431 households, more than 6,868 people.
The remaining communes such as Huu Kiem, Muong Xen, Chieu Luu, Na Loi, Muong tip, Luong Minh, Huu Khuong, Yen Hoa, Tuong Duong are also suffering from being cut off due to landslides or floodwaters flowing rapidly through spillways.
The damage to houses was huge, with 377 houses collapsed, buried or washed away, 1,387 houses damaged, roofs blown off and 4,865 houses deeply flooded, and inside properties severely damaged. In addition, more than 104,000 meters of fence collapsed.
In the agricultural sector, the whole province has 3,538.8 hectares of rice, 3,026.2 hectares of vegetables, 7,281.9 hectares of annual crops and 934.4 hectares of forest damaged. More than 1,291 cattle, 46,698 poultry died or were swept away, 13 barns were damaged, 239 cages and 660.8 hectares of aquaculture ponds were seriously affected.
Traffic was paralyzed in many places. Local traffic alone recorded 298 landslides, 105 road sections were cut off, the total length of landslides was up to 4,742 meters with a volume of more than 37,000 m3 of rock and soil. There are 3 culverts, 11 bridges, 5 suspension bridges and 7 overflow bridges that are washed away or damaged. Social infrastructure also suffered significant damage, with 25 schools, 6 medical centers flooded or damaged, 18 commune headquarters, 21 community cultural houses, and 1 central market affected.
The electricity, telecommunications and water supply systems were all severely damaged. 170 power poles were broken, 550 meters of power lines were broken, and 2 transformer stations were burned. Telecommunications recorded 151 cable poles falling, 5 cable lines damaged. More than 30km of domestic water pipes were damaged, 7 water supply systems and 2 water supply works were damaged.
Nghe An province has mobilized more than 16,800 officers and soldiers from military forces, police, border guards, and militia to participate in rescue and overcoming the consequences.
Of which, the Provincial Police have urgently evacuated 3,440 households, deployed more than 10,000 officers and soldiers to be on duty at landslide sites, and supported necessities and vehicles in affected areas. The Ministry of National Defense has mobilized helicopters to transport 28 tons of goods including instant noodles, milk, dry food, banh chung, and drinking water to isolated localities.
Agencies, organizations and individuals have joined hands to support people in flooded areas through the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee and the Red Cross Society with a total value of more than 41 billion VND, including cash and essential goods.
Currently, although the rain has decreased, the risk of landslides is still high, especially in Xang Tren village (My Ly commune) and Long Thang village (Tien Phong commune), where large cracks have appeared with the risk of affecting hundreds of households. The local government has organized emergency evacuation, arranged safe accommodation and increased 24/7 checkpoints to ensure absolute safety for the people.
