An eroded section of Kien Giang province’s western sea dyke in An Minh district’s Van Khanh Tay Commune (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Authorities in the Mekong Delta are mobilisingpersonnel and funds to provide relief and rehabilitation after houses, cropsand dykes were damaged by the impact of tropical storm Sinlaku in the last fewdays.
The country’s largest rice, fruit and seafood producer has seen thousands ofhouses and thousands of hectares of crops damaged by heavy rains and strongwinds.
The storm weakened into a tropical depression after making landfall over thecountry’s north – central region on Sunday, according to authorities.
Bac Lieu province received rains of 112 – 171mm between August 1 and 4, andmany parts were inundated.
According to the local Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention andControl, Search and Rescue, 87 houses were damaged as were standing crops.
Bac Lieu authorities have mobilised relief workers to help affected peoplerepair their homes and stabilise their lives.
In Soc Trang province, the roofs of 270 houses and three class rooms were blownoff, one net house was flattened, 406ha of rice was destroyed and one personwas injured between July 31 and August 4.
Ca Mau province reported on August 4 that 49 houses, 40 large trees and 130haof banana were flattened and the roofs of 375 houses were blown away.
A river bank was eroded, damaging four houses and 20m of road.
In Kien Giang province, 548 houses, office buildings and schools lost theirroofs or were flattened or inundated.
Strong winds destroyed more than 1,340ha of banana in U Minh Thuong district,causing losses of around 7 billion VND (302,000 USD).
Some 200ha of summer – autumn rice in Kien Luong district have been inundated.
Nguyen Huynh Trung, head of the Kien Giang Steering Committee for NaturalDisaster Prevention and Control, Search and Rescue, said local authorities havemobilised the military, police and local forces to help affected people.
“The [personnel] have helped affected households build temporary shelters andmove to safe areas.”
Localities around the province have provided funds to help affected households.
The province’s Irrigation Sub-department is opening sluices between Rach Gia cityand Kien Luong district to drain water from low-lying areas.
Strong winds and waves have eroded a 700-metre section of the province’swestern sea dyke in An Minh district’s Van Khanh Tay commune.
The province used cajuput tree stumps and soil to fill the eroded section, butstrong winds and waves washed it away.
Trung said the province would fill the section using rocks in the next few daysto prevent further erosion. The work is estimated to cost 10 billion VND (431,700USD).
In Tra Vinh province, nearly 300 houses and thousands of hectares of rice andother crops were damaged, and hundreds of metres of dyke were eroded.
Local authorities, the military and other relief workers have helped affectedhouseholds repair the damage to houses and move affected families to safety.
The province’s natural disaster support fund has provided 2 million VND (86 USD)to each family whose house has been damaged.
The Can Tho Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control,Search and Rescue has granted 200 million VND (8,600 USD) to Thoi Lai and O Mondistricts to support affected people.
In the city, 12 houses have been destroyed and 88 others are damaged.
More bad weather in the city is forecast in the next few days, especiallybetween August 6 and 8, by the city’s Centre for Hydro-Meteorology Forecasting./.
The country’s largest rice, fruit and seafood producer has seen thousands ofhouses and thousands of hectares of crops damaged by heavy rains and strongwinds.
The storm weakened into a tropical depression after making landfall over thecountry’s north – central region on Sunday, according to authorities.
Bac Lieu province received rains of 112 – 171mm between August 1 and 4, andmany parts were inundated.
According to the local Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention andControl, Search and Rescue, 87 houses were damaged as were standing crops.
Bac Lieu authorities have mobilised relief workers to help affected peoplerepair their homes and stabilise their lives.
In Soc Trang province, the roofs of 270 houses and three class rooms were blownoff, one net house was flattened, 406ha of rice was destroyed and one personwas injured between July 31 and August 4.
Ca Mau province reported on August 4 that 49 houses, 40 large trees and 130haof banana were flattened and the roofs of 375 houses were blown away.
A river bank was eroded, damaging four houses and 20m of road.
In Kien Giang province, 548 houses, office buildings and schools lost theirroofs or were flattened or inundated.
Strong winds destroyed more than 1,340ha of banana in U Minh Thuong district,causing losses of around 7 billion VND (302,000 USD).
Some 200ha of summer – autumn rice in Kien Luong district have been inundated.
Nguyen Huynh Trung, head of the Kien Giang Steering Committee for NaturalDisaster Prevention and Control, Search and Rescue, said local authorities havemobilised the military, police and local forces to help affected people.
“The [personnel] have helped affected households build temporary shelters andmove to safe areas.”
Localities around the province have provided funds to help affected households.
The province’s Irrigation Sub-department is opening sluices between Rach Gia cityand Kien Luong district to drain water from low-lying areas.
Strong winds and waves have eroded a 700-metre section of the province’swestern sea dyke in An Minh district’s Van Khanh Tay commune.
The province used cajuput tree stumps and soil to fill the eroded section, butstrong winds and waves washed it away.
Trung said the province would fill the section using rocks in the next few daysto prevent further erosion. The work is estimated to cost 10 billion VND (431,700USD).
In Tra Vinh province, nearly 300 houses and thousands of hectares of rice andother crops were damaged, and hundreds of metres of dyke were eroded.
Local authorities, the military and other relief workers have helped affectedhouseholds repair the damage to houses and move affected families to safety.
The province’s natural disaster support fund has provided 2 million VND (86 USD)to each family whose house has been damaged.
The Can Tho Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control,Search and Rescue has granted 200 million VND (8,600 USD) to Thoi Lai and O Mondistricts to support affected people.
In the city, 12 houses have been destroyed and 88 others are damaged.
More bad weather in the city is forecast in the next few days, especiallybetween August 6 and 8, by the city’s Centre for Hydro-Meteorology Forecasting./.
VNA
