Hue: Unseasonal rain suddenly poured in, roads, crops… were submerged in water

04/02/2022 14:46 GMT+7

Thousands of hectares of rice of people were flooded after heavy rain.

Heavy rain on a large area from March 31 to April 2 caused localities in Thua Thien Hue province to be submerged in water; many areas of rice and crops were affected.

In particular, Phong Dien district suffered the most damage with many traffic routes, such as National Highway 49B, the section through Phong Hoa and Phong Binh communes… flooded in many sections (the deepest flood level is about 0.7m. ); Provincial road 11B, the section through Phong Xuan commune, was flooded at some points with the deepest flood level of 0.5m…

Crops are also flooded after heavy rain

According to initial statistics, heavy rain has caused about 2,200ha of rice in Phong Dien district to be flooded and fall; 63ha of peanuts, 119ha of cassava, 83ha of lotus, 221ha of other flowers were flooded.

Rising water flooded the inter-village, inter-provincial roads and village cultural houses

In Phu Loc district, heavy rain caused water in rivers, streams and reservoirs to rise and rush to downstream, causing difficulties for low-lying communes. Similarly, arterial roads in Quang Dien district such as Provincial Road 19, Provincial Road 8 passing through Quang Tho commune, Provincial road 4 passing through Quang Thanh and Quang An communes and many inter-village roads were partially flooded.

According to the Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue of Thua Thien Hue province, in the winter-spring crop of 2021-2022, the province has about 28,193.5 hectares of rice under cultivation and flowering (the flowering area is about 4,652). ha). However, heavy rains from March 31 to now have flooded 15,185 hectares of rice (of which over 70% is 10,932 hectares, less than 70% is 4,253 hectares) and 1,136 hectares of peanuts, maize, cassava and vegetables of all kinds. flooded.

In addition, heavy rains and rising rivers also caused many infield dykes to break and overflow such as Hoi Ha dike, Vinh Thai dyke, Phu Da dyke on Thieu Hoa river and Vinh Ha dyke, downstream of Truoi river …

According to the forecast, due to the influence of cold air, from this afternoon (April 2) to April 3 in Thua Thien Hue province, there will continue to be moderate rain, scattered rain, heavy rain in some places, and this is the rain. unseasonal floods on a large scale.

Before the damage from heavy rain, the authorities are coordinating with localities to inspect and strengthen embankments to prevent waterlogging of crops. In addition, the army and militia were mobilized from April 1 to coordinate with the people to urgently build dikes to prevent floods and save rice in the fields.

Ha Oai