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Quang Nam village isolated as road swept away in flood
  • | dtinews.vn | December 08, 2016 04:08 PM

Nearly 350 families in Dong Binh Village have been isolated for the last few days after a new flood in Quang Nam Province damaged a bridge and the only road to the outside.

Nearly 90m of bridge and road that local people contributed and helped build three years ago to connect Dong Binh Village with the outside world were destroyed in the flood on December 4. On December 7, hundreds of people and local security forces attempted to rapidly repair the bridge and the road despite heavy rain.

 

Bridge and road that connect Dong Binh Village to outside world damaged

Villager Nguyen Van Anh said, "We raised the funds and built this bridge and road. But the rain and hydropower discharge caused the water to rapidly rise. If we don't repair the bridge quickly, Dong Binh Village will be isolated for a long time."

It also caused erosion in Ha My Village. Villager Nguyen Duy Cuong said when the road connecting Ha My and Dong Binh villages was damaged, the water broke in and swept away his newly-built convenient store and some palm trees.

Pham Thi Cuc, another local said she suffered a loss of VND20m (USD883) after her store was swept away.

Nguyen Sau, chairman of Duy Vinh Commune, said the road was vital for Dong Binh villagers to trade with other places.

"We sent about 500 police, local security guards and police from neighbouring communes too, to repair the road. We are also encouraging people to use their boats to carry Dong Binh villagers," he said.


 

Trying to repair the road

He went on to say that the damage was estimated at VND6bn (USD265,000).

Reports from the Department of Natural Disaster Prevention in the Central and Highlands on December 8 showed that 25 people have died during the floods since November 30, including 11 in Binh Dinh, nine in Quang Ngai and five in Quang Nam.

Many districts in Binh Dinh Province have been left submerged under 1-1.5 metres of water. Quang Ngai Province asked for VND7bn in urgent support to buy seeds for the coming cultivation season and 300kg of rice for the flood victims.

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