Quang Binh People Shocked by Historic Flood with ‘Breakneck Speed’ | News

“Really surprised”

Recognition of Reporter Thanh Nien On the afternoon of October 18, almost all the communes in the H. Le Thuy area (Quang Binh province) were deep in the sea. For the convenience of travel, people have used boats to get around, as well as to move people in flooded areas to safety. Besides using boats, many people also build many banana trees on rafts as a means of transportation.

Authorities cross the floodwater flow into isolated areas to help and evacuate people. Photo: QUANG NAM SCHOOL

To support households in deeply flooded areas, several relief teams from Dong Hoi City (Quang Binh) were also present on the afternoon of October 18, renting boats to transport water and instant noodles to isolated areas in some areas. the commune in the Le Thuy Thuy area to provide supplies for the people.

Ms. Pham Thi Tuoi (in Cam Thuy commune, Le Thuy district) said that since the afternoon of October 17, the floods began to arrive, in just a few minutes the floods “attacked” people’s houses, causing many people to walk away. keep. Faced with the situation where flood water rises at breakneck speed causing deep flooding, many people have to mobilize and support each other to move things up and avoid flooding.

“I have lived here for decades, but I have never had such a big flood. It can be said that this is the historical flood of the past so far. He was really amazed, ”Ms. Pham Thi Tuoi said in shock.

People use bananas to form rafts to facilitate travel in flood water.

Ms Tuoi predicted that with this situation of continuous flooding, it is highly likely that many areas in low-lying areas, downstream of the Gianh River, will be before the milestone of the “great flood” in 1979.

“Currently, all the communes in the H. Le Thuy area are submerged in the depths of the sea and completely isolated. In many lowland areas, the water reaches the ceiling. Our people here are considered tall but still flooded by the meter. Here, if it is still flooded like this, the Gianh River downstream can be flooded 3-4m deep, ”Ms. Tuoi said with pity.

“Stay away from people”

Being taken by her son to take refuge in the family home because the house is deeply flooded, Ms. Nguyen Thi Xuan (Phong Thuy Commune, Le Thuy District) said that in a week, people suffered two consecutive floods. . The old floods have not yet receded, the new floods have returned. The approaching floods almost completely engulfed the entire house. Any house with a high mezzanine will quickly lift the property to avoid accidents, while other houses flooded too quickly, just drop some of the property washed away.

Many flood water emergency relief shipments were brought to help people in some communes in the Le Thuy area

“Flooding too fast, if not ‘running away from people’, not even life could anticipate it. The high-speed floods put everyone in very miserable circumstances. Many people even took to social media to ask for help at night.” , shared Ms. Xuan.

Ms. Xuan said that there has not been a year that people have suffered like this. The floods left people very shocked. I’ve lived for decades but have never had to constantly pack like this.

As noted Reporter Thanh Nien In the afternoon of October 18, the provincial border forces, the provincial military, the provincial police continued to come in and out, providing manpower and vehicles to mobilize people and the means to rescue people, as well as provide aid to isolated people.

Using a buoy to push more than 1 km during floods leads pregnant women to give birth On the afternoon of October 18, police from Quang Loc Commune (Ba Don City, Quang Binh) said that the unit only used a boat to exceed 1 km during the floods, which helped carry the pregnant woman to the hospital to deliver on time. Many places in the H.Lue Thuy district are deeply submerged in water Before that, around 8:00 am on the same day (October 18), the Quang Loc commune police received the news that the pregnant woman Dinh Thi Tuong (31 years old, in Vinh Loc village, Quang Loc Commune) was in labor and needed an urgent transfer. to Bac Quang Binh General Hospital. At this time, heavy rains and floods nearly cut off the Quang Loc commune. To ensure the safety of the pregnant woman, the commune police and local forces used a buoy to push the woman more than 1 km into the flood water to reach the highest point of the Quang Hai 2 bridge. Here, Ba Don City Police, received a request for support earlier, prepared the vehicle and put the woman in the car to continue her transfer to Bac Quang Binh General Hospital. Manh Cuong – Truong Quang Nam