At the navel, the floods of Quang Binh echoed a heartbreaking phrase: ‘Do you have anything to eat?’



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At the navel, the floods of Quang Binh echoed a heartbreaking phrase: Have you eaten?  Photo 1.

A woman wading through floodwaters to collect relief items including instant noodles and dry food in Kien Giang Town (Le Thuy District, Quang Binh) on Oct. 20 – Photo: NGOC HIEN

Between 15:00 and 20 October, many places in Quang Binh province were still flooded, many houses were still flooded to the roofs. Meanwhile, in the Navel Flood in Le Thuy District, the water level in the Kien Giang River still reaches 4.37 m, up from an alarming 3 to 1.67 m.

“Please let me know so hungry “

20-10 noon, when the rescue boat descended the Kien Giang River into the vast seawater from Kien Giang City to An Thuy Commune (Le Thuy District), dozens of people lived on both sides from the shore asked for help.

From the rooftops in silver water came words that sounded throbbing: Are there instant noodles? Is there drinking water? Have you eaten? I’m so hungry man … There are even people who travel in a small boat at full speed towards the rescue team to ask for just a piece of dry food, a few bottles of mineral water.

In the pouring rain, Ms Le Thi Loan (who lives in the commune of Loc Thuy) leaned towards the rescue canoe and waved her arm, her plump face: “Let me be too hungry. The days have nothing to eat ”.

Receiving some banh chung quickly, Ms. Loan smiled and kept saying “thank you.” For several days he had to row to buy gasoline and food to cook, but he did not know where to find between the four sides he was flooded.

A few minutes later, another woman landed on the side of the boat just to ask for dry food and drinking water even though it was food for the soldiers heading to the rescue. Seeing the hungry and thirsty people, the soldiers had to share some of their food in the tribulation.

Exchange with YouthCaptain Nguyen Hung Cuong, An Thuy Commune Police Chief, said that at midnight, he received calls for help from people asking the commune to provide food and water, but at the moment it was too difficult.

According to Mr. Cuong, all the goods stored in the commune have been completely transferred to the people, if the money of the commune officials is spent on buying food and water for the commune people, they are also ready, but not there are types of salary. In fact, this food while the small boats of the commune cannot access the large wave areas.

Mr. Cuong said that in the last 3 days, no delegation has contacted the locality for help and wishes that, as soon as possible, the delegations return to the people of this commune to provide food, especially drinking water. . .

At the navel, the floods of Quang Binh echoed a heartbreaking phrase: Have you eaten?  - Photo 2.

Traffic disrupted in Quang Binh until 17:00 on October 20 – Graphics: T. DAT

Lack of supply ships to the navel flood

On October 20, fishermen relief “platoons” in Ngu Thuy commune were still upriver from Kien Giang towards deeply flooded communes, carrying relief items and food for the people. These are the types of squid fishing boats that have been mobilized by the government to participate in emergency aid in difficult circumstances ships.

Mr. Nguyen Huu Hien, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ngu Thuy Commune, said that fishermen from this commune had constantly joined forces to rescue food, bringing relief teams to each village, each village to continuously support the people of Le Thuy. the last days.

There have been many delegations supplying banh chung, rice, water … from the provinces to the Le Thuy flood zone, but there is a lack of boats to transport it to the depths of the flood center. Most of the people in communes like Son Thuy, An Thuy, Loc Thuy lack the means of transport to receive goods, they simply stay at home and wait for help.

According to an official from the Le Thuy district traffic police, currently in district 23/26 the communes were engulfed by floods, so that the supply groups could not access by road but had to go by boats, boats and only large force canoes. This new feature can transport some areas prone to high winds.

On October 20, the Le Thuy District Police Task Force used a canoe to cross tens of kilometers through the flooded field connecting the Xuan Giang Group (Kien Giang City) and the Mai Thuy Commune (Le District). Thuy) to collect merchandise. relief of supply groups.

When the task force canoes had just stopped at the meeting place in Mai Thuy commune, supply teams quickly loaded the canoes with food and water to help transport them to isolated communes.

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