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People turned on the lights to call for help in the dark to evacuate – Photo: HA THANH
At 4:00 pm on October 19, 2 officers and soldiers from the Cam Xuyen District Military Command (Ha Tinh Province Military Command) together with 3 reinforced soldiers from the Nghe An Province Military Command drove the vehicle . Canoes cross every house in Cam Thanh and Cam Thach communes, which are isolated by flooding.
In another branch, the border guard canoe also brought people in search of trapped people. To each house, the water rose to the roof, the voices of the brothers screaming mixed with the rain, the wind screaming: “Dear people, does anyone need help?”
Nobody answered. For two hours, the brothers continued to patiently search for relatives, because if someone else was trapped, especially the sick elderly, the children.
Two hours pass each point of deep flooding, in some places the water level in Cam Thach commune rose almost to the 3.5m sign. He was about to go around the boat to report at the headquarters of the Popular Committee of the commune, a district official proposed: “I’m going ahead, boys, go into town if there is no one who needs help.”
The road to the communes of Cam Thanh, Cam Thach, Ha Tinh was surrounded by floods on the afternoon of October 19 – Photo: HA THANH
18 o’clock, the front has a flashlight that flashes continuously. At the edge of the wall, the couple Nguyen Van Chau (63 years old) and Mrs. Phan Thi Nguyet (61 years old) leaned shakily against each other.
Mr. Chau trembled: “What would another cold night be?” Both grandfathers emotionally relied on army men to ride canoes. The water rose to chest height, they stayed like that in the rain, waiting for the rescue team to come to the rescue.
“Hearing the sound of the engine running, I am very happy, the road is difficult to access, but you are still inside, very grateful”, Ms. Nguyet was excited and repeatedly thanked the soldiers. As soon as she remembered, Ms. Nguyet pointed to the house next door, where a woman was standing, huddled, hugging her clothes under the downpour, as she suddenly remembered.
“She kept asking for help (calling – Journalist) standing at the house and calling, it was very cold. From yesterday until now, I have not eaten or eaten. Blurred eyes, shaky legs, hearing voices, I was very happy”, Mrs. Loan (56 years old), who had just been informed by the rescue team.
The soldiers got soaked and opened the iron gate for the canoes to come closer and save the people trapped in the house – Photo: LIST
“Cam Thach has 4 deeply flooded villages, around 928 households are affected. The most difficult thing is that most of the grade 4 houses do not have permanent houses, so they have to relocate.
People were encouraged to go before the flood, but the water could not be treated quickly. Up to this point, luckily there is no human damage, only damage to livestock, poultry, damaged household items.“- Said Captain Tran Van Truong, chief of police of Cam Thach commune.
At 7:00 pm, Professional Lieutenant Phan Huu Cuong led a reinforced canoe from Nghe An to help the people of Ha Tinh breathe a sigh of relief and control the canoe to bring the soldiers and soldiers back. In the dark, many times the brothers had to jump into the floodwater to push the car Canoe stranded.
Even the steering wheel Canoe quite clever, but said that in floods, the hardest thing is Canoe go safely to each house, pass electric cables, barbed wires, avoid people’s fences.
Many buildings of worship were submerged by the floods. – Photo: HA THANH
Today, Ha Tinh province is mobilizing forces and means to move people downstream from Ke Go Lake to safety. In particular, in Cam Xuyen district, more than 13,300 households and 43,200 people have been relocated.
The most difficult thing is that the Cam Xuyen district area has 6 communes that are currently completely isolated, including the communes of Cam Due, Cam Thanh, Cam Vinh, Cam Quang, Cam Thach and Cam Quan.
Lieutenant Colonel Vo Tien Nghi, the provincial border guard commander, said the unit currently deploys dozens of vehicles with nearly 200 rescue officers and soldiers helping people.
“Today he helped relocate nearly 100 households, more than 400 people, save children and the elderly in Cam Thanh, support instant noodles, dry wages for people.“Said Major Lieutenant Colonel Nghi.
Some images of the Cam Xuyen flood area recorded by PV Tuoi Tre Online:
Many people were trapped on the roof of their houses, unable to fight the floods in time, the soldiers had to come to the aid – Photo: LIST
Two people shed tears of joy as the rescue force arrived on the night of October 19 in the Cam Xuyen floodplain area, Ha Tinh – Photo: HA THANH
A village car was engulfed by flood water – Photo: HA THANH
Rescue soldiers jumped into the water to help people evacuate – Photo: HA THANH
An elderly man was picked up by the army and evacuated on the night of October 19 – Photo: HA THANH
