According to the Standing Office of the Provincial Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue, due to the impact of the thunderstorm that occurred on the evening of July 19, there are currently 2 people missing in the area.
Among them, 1 crew member, Mr. Hoang Van M (born in 1967, residing in Dong Tay village, Co Dam commune, Ha Tinh province) and 1 person suspected of being swept away while swimming was Le Huy C (born in 1987, residing in Tran Phu ward, Ha Tinh province). The locality is organizing a search force.
58 fishing boats were sunk by waves. Currently, there are 5 ships that have not been towed ashore, including 2 ships from Hai Ninh ward, 1 ship from Ky Khang commune, 1 ship from Co Dam commune and 1 ship from Loc Ha commune.
With 1 tourist boat with 30 passengers and 4 crew members sunk on Boc Island, Thien Cam Commune, the Border Guard Station mobilized a large-capacity fishing boat to successfully rescue all 34 people and brought them safely to shore on the evening of July 19.
Regarding houses, about 154 houses had their roofs blown off. Of which, in Son Tay commune, there are 21 households; Son Hong commune, 12 households; Kim Hoa commune, 46 households; Son Kim 2 has 8 households; Thuong Duc commune, 28 households...
Many trees were broken; 437 downed windy trees were broken (Phuc Trach commune); 7 hectares of corn were broken in Son Hong commune; 15,000 m2 of melon mangrove houses collapsed in Duc Dong commune.
12 telecommunication and information poles in Duc Minh commune and 8 electric poles in Kim Hoa commune, Nghi Xuan commune, Huong Khe commune, Duc Tho commune were broken; 1 school in Son Giang commune had its roof blown off.
