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Ca Mau sea dyke at risk of breaching

A section of a sea dyke on the western coast of the southernmost province of Ca Mau is at high risk of breaching due to raging waves over a couple of days.
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  • Over a couple of days, raging waves have eroded a section of a sea dyke on the western coast of the southernmost province of Ca Mau (Photo: VNA)

  • The sea dyke in Tran Van Thoi district on Ca Mau’s western coast is at risk of breaching (Photo: VNA)

  • Ca Mau has over 250 kilometres of coastline, of which the western coast is around 108km long (Photo: VNA)

  • There is a 94km sea dyke especially to protect the coast in the storm season. But in recent years the increasing occurrence of strong tides and waves has been causing more and more landslides, leading to loss of land and sometimes even protective forests (Photo: VNA)

  • Forces are mobilised to protect the sea embankment from breaching (Photo: VNA)

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