In the past few hours, social media has been flooded with images and live videos of people going to the Red River to salvage pigs, chickens and many other properties floating on the river despite the heavy flood. There are even many comments showing that people are continuing to go to the river to salvage their properties.
The above work is potentially risky and dangerous when the water level of the Red River is rising very high and flowing rapidly. On the morning of September 10, the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting issued a warning of an especially large flood on the Thao River (Red River). The water level at 7:00 a.m. the same day in Yen Bai was 35.32m, 3.32m above the third warning level, 1.1m above the historical flood level in 1968 (34.42m).
The Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting also warned that this is a rare major flood in recent years, and that people should absolutely not collect firewood, fish, swim, or cross rivers or streams...
Districts with the Red River flowing through them need to strengthen propaganda and warning work to prevent people from going to the river to retrieve pigs, firewood and other assets floating on the river, to avoid possible damage during these rainy and flood days.
