In the floodplain area downstream of Ke Go Lake: ‘Please save my parents’ | Lifetime

10/20/2020 Vietnam

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This morning, October 20, the government and functional agencies continue to implement home relocation work in the Navel Flood Area in Cam Thanh Commune …

“My parents are starving”

From downtown Ha Tinh, PV Thanh Nien Magazine I have to ask to sit behind the tank of the army transport vehicle, about 15 km on the QL1A route, which has a lot of deep floods, to get to the beginning of the Cam Thanh commune (H.Cam Xuyen, Ha Tinh). But the road to this commune was submerged in the sea, so we had to wait for the rescue and rescue team from the Nghe An Province Military Command to reinforce the support of the people here to enter the commune.

Preparing to get into a canoe, a woman ran to a soldier beside us with a terrified voice: “My father has been hungry from yesterday until now. You come to save my parents. “

Entering the Navel Flood Area downstream of Ke Go Lake: 'Please save my parents' - photo 1

Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong shed tears because her parents are caught in the floods

Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong (36, Nam Bac Thanh Village, Cam Thanh Commune) in her hand holding a bag of cakes, milk and mineral water, said that because the fourth grade house was deeply flooded, her parents They were Mr. Nguyen Cong Thanh and Ms. Tran Thi Tham had to climb the stairs to avoid flooding from yesterday until now. Although she was notified by local authorities to leave her home on October 18, but because she was concerned that the pigs and chickens would be washed away by the floods, Phuong’s parents still stayed behind.

“I called yesterday, my parents said they were upstairs now, but there was nothing to eat. Since early this morning I have not been able to contact more. If no one comes to the rescue now, parents will starve, they will starve, ”Ms. Phuong burst into tears.

When the rescue team soldiers accepted the invitation to give “supplies” to her parents, Phuong stopped crying and seemed reassured.

Entering the Navel Flood Area downstream of Ke Go Lake: 'Please save my parents' - photo 2

Rescuers loaded people with instant noodles and drinking water.

After loading a large quantity of instant noodles and spring water into the canoe, we followed the rescue team to the Cam Thanh flood center. The houses in this area are submerged in the floods. In the middle of the vast sea of water, the canoes of the rescue team under the military command of Ha Tinh province were constantly going in and out. They are trying to relocate homes in this commune whose houses are deeply flooded outside.

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“Give me a life jacket”

South Bac Thanh Village and An Viet Village (Cam Thanh Commune) are located side by side, isolated by white waters surrounded on four sides. Many homes in these two villages have been urgently relocated by the rescue team since the morning of October 19. The remaining households have quickly moved to neighboring high-rise houses to seek asylum. Hearing the sound of our canoes, many people stuck their heads out of the windows, waved their hands, people called “save the people.”

On the way to a local house in An Viet village, a 12-year-old boy from this house raised his head through a second-story window and shouted: “Give me a life jacket.” Hearing the baby’s voice, one of the soldiers replied, “Just instant noodles and mineral water.”

Entering the Navel Flood Area downstream of Ke Go Lake: 'Please save my parents' - photo 3

A family in the South Bac Thanh village waits for the rescue team to resupply food

This house on the first floor has been flooded more, on the second floor live 3 adults and 5 children. Noticing the supplies, the owner of this home said the floodwaters were slowly receding so there was no need to move to another location.

While rowing a boat to receive relief supplies, Mr. Tran Dinh Ha (50 years old, resident of An Viet village) said gloomily: “This year, heavy rains combined with flooding from Lake Ke Go, for so the water rises very quickly. Some homes here are flooded to the ceiling, with the lowest homes measuring about 1.5m. The flood water is about two feet higher than the historic peak of 2010. These days, people only hold on with instant noodles and cold water. Very hard “.

Leaving An Viet village after giving all the relief gifts, we continued to move to South Bac Thanh village to deliver Phuong supplies to her parents. But the group could not get there because the family and his wife were located deep in a small alley, they had to ask a small boatman to help them enter.

Entering the Navel Flood Area downstream of Ke Go Lake: 'Please save my parents' - photo 4

A Vietnamese villager goes to high-rise buildings to avoid flooding

Upon leaving, Major Hoang Nghia Xin, from the Nghe An Province Military Command, said that since the afternoon of October 19, the unit had mobilized 5 canoes and 17 officers and soldiers to support the province’s Military Headquarters. of Ha. Tinh to support the relocation of people in the area downstream of Ke Go Lake to evacuate.

“From yesterday until now, we have moved many homes in the flooded areas to the outside and we have delivered relief supplies to those trapped inside. Currently, we continue to carry out the relocation of the remaining households, ”said Major Xin.

According to Major Xin, because the number of people who need to evacuate from the deeply flooded area is very large, but the water is flowing fast and he is not familiar with the road, rescue and rescue face many difficulties. However, people’s lives come first, so all military forces remain determined to rescue, determined “not to let people be hungry, people to be thirsty.”

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According to People’s Committee H, Cam Xuyen report, as of this morning, the rescue team has moved nearly 11,000 households with 32,700 people in the flood-prone area, deep flooding to a safe place to avoid flooding.

Below are some images of the flooding and relocation of people in the heart of the flood in Cam Thanh commune Youth Record: