According to the report of the Standing Office of the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Search and Rescue and Civil Defense of Nghe An province, as of 10:00 a.m. on August 1, it has been 10 days since the time of the flood, but there are still more than 6,300 people in the mountainous areas of the West isolated by landslides and flash floods cutting off roads to villages. The flood also killed 4 people, injured 4 people, and caused an estimated economic loss of about VND 3,623 billion.
Up to now, there are still 4 communes including Na Loi, Tuong Duong, Huu Khuong and Nhon Mai that are partially isolated, with 17 villages and hamlets/1,367 households/6,374 people. Although the number of affected households has decreased compared to July 31, the isolation situation is still prolonged because many roads are buried by rocks and soil, and temporary bridges are washed away.
To cope with floods and overcome the consequences, the Nghe An Provincial Military Command mobilized more than 36,700 officers, soldiers and vehicles to the affected areas. The Ministry of National Defense has mobilized 2 helicopters to supply 28 tons of goods, instant noodles, banh chung, milk, drinking water, dry food...) to 7 mountainous communes that are difficult to access by road.
Nghe An Provincial Police have also increased more than 500 officers and soldiers to flood areas, urgently evacuating more than 3,400 households from dangerous areas. In addition, nearly 10,000 people were mobilized to set up signs and warnings at landslides to prevent people from crossing the road.
Nghe An Provincial Youth Union has established 130 volunteer youth teams, nearly 2,000 youth union members on duty at hot spots to coordinate with soldiers and police to support evacuation, mud clearance and provide supplies to people.
By noon on August 1, agencies, organizations and individuals had donated more than 70 billion VND to people in flooded areas of Nghe An (of which more than 67 billion VND was donated through the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee; more than 3 billion VND was donated through the Red Cross Society). In addition, hundreds of tons of relief goods such as rice, instant noodles, drinking water, milk, medicine, etc. have also been delivered to severely damaged areas.
However, because many roads are still cut off, and landslides in some places have not been cleared, relief work still faces many difficulties. The Department of Construction is directing construction units to open temporary roads and survey to propose solid solutions to ensure road clearance in the coming time.
Meanwhile, hundreds of households are still being temporarily evacuated because their houses have collapsed or are unsafe. It is expected that in the coming days, if the weather is favorable, the number of isolated communes will gradually decrease, but the work to overcome the consequences and restore people's lives will continue.
