Bac Ninh: Focus on overcoming natural disaster consequences, stabilizing people's lives

BAC NINH - In response to the impact of floods after storm No. 5, on August 26, localities focused forces and equipment to overcome landslides and rockfalls; visited and shared difficulties with people in flooded areas.

Quick statistics from the Department of Agriculture and Environment show that storms from the night of August 25 to the morning of August 26 damaged many traffic works in the province.

By 4:00 p.m. on August 26, authorities recorded two landslides in Dai Son commune on provincial road 291C through Dong Bam village and the road from Dong Muong village to Dong Cao village. The road to the center of An Lac commune People's Committee (old) had two landslides, about 500 cubic meters of rock and soil spilled onto the road, causing obstacles to traffic and daily life of the people. Overflow culvert in Cha village, Bien Son commune. The road from Hiep Reo village, Son Dong commune to Dai Son commune was eroded... Of these, the Cha village culvert was damaged, with the entire downstream dam roof and concrete road surface 50m long, 3.5m wide; the talus roof was 50m long, with an estimated damage of 1.5 billion VND.

In addition, heavy rain caused some rice and crop areas of people in An Lac, Truong Son, Bac Lung communes and Tan An ward... to be flooded.

Leaders of Son Dong commune visited people affected by floods.

Despite the rainy weather in the area, with the spirit of making the highest effort in preventing and fighting natural disasters, immediately after the incidents occurred, localities mobilized forces and means to focus on overcoming them.

By the afternoon of August 26, landslides and rockslides had been leveled and temporarily repaired. For areas that were still flooded, local authorities continued to post warning signs, sent guards, diverted traffic, and guided people to move in other directions to ensure safety.

An Lac commune leaders inspected some landslide locations in the area.

During the day, local authorities also promptly supported households living along rivers, streams, and areas at risk of landslides, temporarily evacuating people and property to safe places. They visited, encouraged, shared difficulties, and ensured the lives of people affected by floods.

The single-member limited liability companies operating the irrigation works operate 207 units, making efforts to pump water to drain the floodwaters in production areas and residential areas. Arrange technical staff and workers to be on duty 24/7.

The spillway in Cha village, Bien Son commune was severely damaged.

However, most of the damaged areas this time are mountainous communes, highlands, which were affected by the flood that occurred a few days before, so the work of overcoming the damage, restoring production, and stabilizing life will take a long time.

The road from Hiep Reo village, Son Dong commune to Dai Son commune was eroded. Photo by CTV.

It is forecasted that on the night of August 26 and the morning of August 27, Bac Ninh province will continue to have rain. Floods on Thuong River and Luc Nam River will continue to be high. Floods on Cau River and Duong River will be below alert level 1. Communes and wards continue to direct villages to closely monitor the weather situation; collect statistics on damage to crops, plants, livestock, houses, landslide risk areas, etc. to promptly synthesize and report to the Provincial People's Committee. Arrange personnel to be on duty 24/7, ready to deploy response plans and overcome damage caused by natural disasters.

News and photos: Mai Toan - Contributor

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