As soon as the field was opened, it rained heavily
Mr. Do Anh Tuan (hamlet Kenh 5B, Tan An commune, Tan Hiep, Kien Giang) sits with his knees folded in his house looking out at the rice fields that are drifting in the rain, but his heart is like fire. Working hard for more than 3 months, right at the time when the rice was about to be harvested, it encountered adverse weather, heavy rain and strong wind all day and night. In the summer-autumn rice crop of 2022, Mr. Tuan and his brother invested in the production of 55 workers (8ha) of OM18 seed rice and received a deposit from the trader to lock in the price of 6,100 VND/kg.
According to Mr. Tuan, in this crop alone, the cost of investing in rice seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides has been over 1.5 million VND/worker due to the high price of materials. Now, the cost of pumping and slapping increases, because the motor has to run continuously to draw water out for a few days to save the rice from being flooded. The cost of cutting also increased due to the fall of rice… Adding all the costs would increase by more than 2 million VND/work, reducing profit.
Canal 5B still has 1/2 of the same hamlet of OM18 rice variety, with a total area of about 120ha unharvested, knocked down by thunderstorms, farmers were forced to erect it to reduce damage. Photo: Trung Chanh.
Canal 5B still has 1/2 hamlet (upstream side) sowing the same rice variety OM18 with a total area of about 120ha unharvested. A few households had just called the mower to open a few plots (3ha each) when they encountered heavy rain and had to stop. Mr. Tuan sadly said: "According to the appointment, today (July 13) the machine will go down to the field to harvest, now it has to stop, not sure when the rain will stop to cut it. Traders have also contacted to ask for a discount, but the price of rice in the market has decreased if the price is kept low, if the price is fixed, there will be a loss."
Mr. Nguyen Huynh Trung, Director of Kien Giang Irrigation Sub-Department, said that from July 10 to now, Kien Giang area has been affected by a low-pressure area in the East Sea, so many localities in the province have experienced heavy rain. accompanied by thunderstorms and whirlwinds, causing a lot of property damage, greatly affecting agricultural production.
Along with that, the southwest monsoon on the Kien Giang sea is active with strong intensity, combined with the rising tide of the West Sea, so the coastal areas have surges of water, causing flooding in low-lying areas in Chau district. Thanh, An Bien, An Minh... Kien Giang Irrigation Sub-Department has proactively increased the opening of sluices in the province to drain water and prevent flooding in low-lying areas.
According to the Sub-Department of Cultivation and Plant Protection of Kien Giang province, the area of summer-autumn rice in 2022 in the whole province has been sown 279,562 hectares, so far 73,354 hectares have been harvested, most of the remaining area is in the stage of growing - blooming and blooming. ripe. In addition, the area of autumn-winter rice in 2022 has been sown nearly 50,000ha, concentrated in the districts of Giong Rieng, Giang Thanh, Tan Hiep, Hon Dat and Chau Thanh.
Farmers had just opened their fields when they encountered incessant heavy rains and had to stop, and with additional costs of pumping and withdrawing water, traders who had deposited now asked for a discount on the purchase price. Photo: Trung Chanh.
Over the past few days, heavy rains have caused over 465 hectares of summer-autumn rice in Giong Rieng, Vinh Thuan, and Rach Gia districts to fall and become submerged in water, reducing the yield and quality of rice during harvest. plan. Along with that, 1,854 ha of rice in Chau Thanh district (960 ha), An Bien (821 ha), U Minh Thuong (73 ha) and 1,050 ha of crops in Chau Thanh district (mainly pineapple - areca - coconut) were flooded, was then pumped out by farmers to save water.
Mr. Nguyen Sy Lam, Director of An Giang Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said that up to now, the province has finished sowing 221,028 hectares of summer-autumn rice in 2022 and 16,797 hectares of vegetables. Currently, the harvested area is 16,179 hectares of rice and 5,286 hectares of vegetables. According to reports, heavy rain, thunderstorms... have damaged 166ha of rice, crops and fruit trees, of which 43ha in Tan Chau Town, 34ha in An Phu District, 85ha in Tri Ton and 4ha in Phu Tan. Currently, localities are making statistics and determining the extent of damage.
At sea and inshore, there was heavy damage
Not only rice and crops, but also fisheries and aquaculture were also damaged. In the waters of Kien Giang, thunderstorms caused big waves and strong winds that sank 9 fishing vessels in Phu Quoc City, Kien Hai and Kien Luong districts, of which 8 were anchored to shelter at the beach. and 1 vehicle is moving ashore.
In addition, a small boat carrying fish and raising fish in the waters of Kien Luong district was also damaged by waves. Heavy rains along with high tides have eroded a section of the embankment in Vinh Binh Bac commune (Vinh Thuan district, Kien Giang province) causing the 3-hectare wide shrimp farming square embankment of households to be broken. The damage caused by natural disasters to the fisheries industry is up to billions of dong.
High tide combined with heavy rain and big waves caused seawater to overflow the West Sea dyke in Ca Mau, affecting production and people's daily life. Photo: Trong Linh.
In Bac Lieu province, heavy rain and high tide caused the water to rise. Through inspection, the water level on canals in the northern part of National Highway 1A is currently rising, causing flooding in some low-lying areas (from 0.5 to 0.6m). Facing the above situation, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Bac Lieu province has continued to open the entire sewer system to drain water for more than a week. Along with that, consider continuing to deploy the sluice system to prevent flooding, delaying the schedule to regulate salt water in the north of National Highway 1A to focus on opening the anti-flood sluice system in the immediate period.
Mr. Lai Thanh An, Chief of Office of the Commanding Committee for Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue of Bac Lieu Province said that heavy rain accompanied by tornadoes has damaged many people's houses in four districts: Hong Dan. , Phuoc Long, Dong Hai and Hoa Binh. In which, 9 houses collapsed and 19 roofs collapsed, total damage was estimated at over 230 million VND. Fortunately, there were no human casualties.
In Ca Mau, many locations of coastal protection forests were destroyed by sea waves, putting great pressure on locations without embankments and dykes, and many serious landslides appeared. There are 110m of dykes at risk of landslide, of which 30m are especially dangerous, being reinforced. Faced with the above situation, the local forces along with the district's support have carried out emergency measures to protect the dike with Melaleuca poles and boulders. At these locations, the sea level rose over 1.75m, at times the waves had overrun the dyke.
Continuous heavy rain in the past few days has caused partial flooding of many areas of summer-autumn rice in the Mekong Delta, causing farmers to stand still. Photo: Hoang Vu.
Vice Chairman of Ca Mau Provincial People's Committee, Mr. Le Van Su directed the forces involved in emergency dike protection. “Many locations were a few days ago there was a protective forest belt at the base of the dyke from 5-7m, now it has been destroyed by waves, it is necessary to take urgent measures to protect the dyke. If not handled in time, the dyke break is inevitable," warned Mr. Su.
From July 10 to 13, in Ca Mau province, heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorms caused many houses to collapse, roofs, many areas of crops and fruit trees uprooted and broken. Especially, in the western coastal area of Khanh Tien and Khanh Hoi communes (U Minh district); In Khanh Binh Tay, Khanh Binh Northwest and Song Doc town (Tran Van Thoi district), high tides and high waves caused many dykes to overflow, seriously affecting daily life and production. of people.
In the area of Can Tho city, there have been three types of natural disasters in the past days, including heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning strikes and river bank erosion. Mr. Nguyen Quy Ninh, Head of the Can Tho Irrigation Sub-Department, said that riverbank erosion is happening in many districts, including Cai Rang, O Mon, Thot Not, Thoi Lai, Phong Dien and Vinh. Thanh, with 9 landslide points. Up to now, 5 houses have completely collapsed, 16 houses have been partially collapsed and affected. The total length of the landslide was 268m, with damage caused more than 2.6 billion VND.
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