Many places are still flooded, power outages continue
On the morning of November 23, Mr. Thai Minh Chau - Director of Gia Lai Power Company - said that after the flood receded, the power system in the area has basically been restored. However, in low-lying areas such as Nhon Binh ward, the old Nhon Phu ward (now Quy Nhon Bac ward); the old Phuoc Thang and Phuoc Hoa communes (now Tuy Phuoc Dong commune) and Luat Le village (Tuy Phuoc commune), the water is still deeply flooded, so the power cannot be turned back on.
"To restore power systems in these areas, we have to wait for the water to recede. Today, the electrical engineering staff will check and reconnect to where the water recedes," said Mr. Chau.
According to the Director of Gia Lai Power Company, the flood caused about 226,000 customers to lose power (nearly 24% of the total number of customers). Up to now, there are only a few thousand customers without power because their houses are still flooded and their electrical equipment systems are broken.
"The line from the main meters to the households has electricity. However, many houses were deeply flooded, and electrical equipment was almost completely damaged, so restoring power took a long time," said Mr. Chau.
Currently, Gia Lai Electricity has mobilized more than 400 electrical technical staff to approach deeply flooded areas to monitor water levels, check power lines and equipment before restoration, to ensure safety, avoid leakage and impact incidents.
The whole village lost power from storm to flood
In Luat Le village (Tuy Phuoc commune), floodwaters broke the dike, causing nearly 700 households to be deeply flooded, causing the entire village to lose power. Prolonged power outages and lack of clean water make recovery after floods even more difficult. Many families had to borrow generators and pumps to clean their houses when the mud was still wet.
Ms. Vo Thi Thanh (born in 1956, residing in Hamlet 3, Luat Le village), living near the Luat Le dyke, said that the water of the Ha Thanh river rose rapidly at night, flooded into the hamlet, and was flooded many meters high.
"The house was submerged in floodwaters, the furniture was damaged, the cattle and rice were floating with the water. The flood receded, leaving a thick layer of mud, no electricity or water, making cleaning extremely difficult," said Ms. Thanh.
Mr. Le Van Hau (born in 1964, residing in Hamlet 3) shared: "From storm No. 13 until this flood, the whole village had no electricity, clean water was lacking, and life was turned upside down. Never before have people suffered like this flood".
Faced with this situation, the Director of Gia Lai Power Company said that until this morning, power workers were still on duty in Luat Le village, waiting for the water to recede to fix the power system.
"In recent days, this area has been deeply flooded, vehicles cannot put the generators into the temporary power supply. We will try to restore power to the people as soon as conditions permit," said Mr. Chau.
To temporarily overcome this, the electricity industry has arranged backup generators to places that are eligible for operation to supply electricity. At the same time, the free power supply stations at the company's headquarters will continue to operate to support people in flooded areas.
Historic flood causes damage of more than 1,000 billion VND
The recent historic flood in Gia Lai caused heavy damage to people, houses, property, trees, crops, canals, dams and many production facilities of people and businesses.
Preliminary statistics show that the whole province has more than 19,200 houses flooded over 1.5m deep, many areas have water levels rising from 2-3m, causing widespread isolation. The heavily flooded areas were concentrated in Quy Nhon, Quy Nhon Dong, Quy Nhon Tay, Quy Nhon Nam, Quy Nhon Bac, Tuy Phuoc Dong, Tuy Phuoc wards... The total initial damage was estimated at more than 1,000 billion VND.
In order to promptly support households whose houses are flooded, have lost property, and have crops to stabilize their lives soon, Gia Lai province has decided to deploy an emergency support package.
Accordingly, support 15kg of rice/person/month for 3 months for households with flooded houses; support 2 million VND/household/month for 3 months for poor households, near-poor households and families in especially difficult circumstances; support for housing damage with 60 million VND for completely collapsed houses, 5 million VND for completely blown-off houses and 2 million VND for damaged and partially blown-off houses.
Millions of arms turn to compatriots affected by storms and floods
Consecutive storms and floods caused by storms have caused many deaths, missing people, and injuries; many houses and production and business establishments have had their roofs blown off and suffered heavy damage. People across the Central and Northern mountainous provinces are struggling day and night to cope with floods and heavy losses in human lives and property that cannot be mentioned...
"A piece of food when hungry is worth a package when full", with the spirit of mutual love that has always been a beautiful image of the Vietnamese people, the Golden Heart Social Charity Fund calls on domestic and foreign philanthropists to join hands to share with people affected by floods to have food, clothing, shelter, students have books to go to school...
The Golden Heart Social Charity Fund would like to sincerely thank the precious feelings of agencies, businesses, and domestic and foreign philanthropists.
Please send any help to: Golden Heart Social Society Fund, No. 51 Hang Bo, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi. Phone: 024.39232756. Account number (STK): 113000000758 at Vietinbank Hoan Kiem Branch, Hanoi. STK: 0021000303088 - at Vietcombank - Hanoi Branch, STK: 12410001122556 - at BIDV - Hoan Kiem Branch. Or scan the following QR code:
