Storm No. 10: Many schools in Nghe An were severely damaged, students could not go to school

Although storm No. 10 has passed, the damage repair work at many schools in Nghe An has not been completed due to flooding in many areas. Therefore, tomorrow (September 30), students in many localities across Nghe An province will not be able to go to school.

Hundreds of trees were broken on National Highway 46 through Vinh Loc and Vinh Phu wards. Photo: Van Ty/VNA

Due to the impact of storm No. 10, 5/18 schools in Vinh Loc ward, Nghe An province suffered heavy damage. Of which, Nghi Phong Kindergarten and Primary School had its garage, outdoor stage collapsed, and electric poles broken. At Phuc Tho Kindergarten and Secondary School, many structures such as the library, classrooms, and kitchen had their roofs blown off. At Hung Loc Primary School, both campuses 1 and 2 were damaged, such as the garage collapsed, the roof was peeled off, etc.

Other schools such as Nghi Thai Kindergarten, Nghi Thai Middle School, and Nghi Xuan Kindergarten also had their 2-story roofs blown off, their warehouse roofs collapsed, and their fences collapsed...

Mr. Nguyen Truong Son, Head of the Department of Culture and Society of Vinh Loc Ward, said: In addition to the damaged school, many roads in the ward, especially in the Phuc Tho and Nghi Thai areas, are currently flooded, making travel difficult. Given the above situation, the People's Committee of Vinh Loc Ward has decided that all schools in the area will continue to let students stay home tomorrow (September 30) so that the schools can overcome the consequences.

At Da Son Primary School, Do Luong Commune, in just over a month, the school had to endure two storms and suffered heavy damage both times. "Storm No. 5 completely toppled and damaged more than 400 square meters of the student parking lot. Storm No. 10 damaged the entire roof of the school's administrative building. This affects the school's teaching and learning and cannot be resolved soon," said Mr. Phan Ba ​​Dong - Principal of Da Son Primary School.

According to Do Luong commune's summary, storm No. 10 caused many schools in the commune to be severely affected, such as classroom roofs being blown off, mobile roofs collapsing, classroom doors being broken, trees falling... Ms. Tran Thi Nhu Ngoc - Head of the Department of Culture and Society of Do Luong commune said: "Immediately after the storm, we asked schools to report in detail on the damage and up to this point, many schools said that the roofs of classrooms, kitchens, functional rooms were blown off and trees were broken, causing very heavy damage. In the immediate future, the commune directed schools to focus on overcoming and repairing the damage and students and teachers will return to school when safety is ensured".

In Thien Nhan commune, all schools are currently damaged; of which, 2 schools are flooded, namely Trung Phuc Cuong 3 Kindergarten and Trung Phuc Cuong 2 Primary School. In addition, Khanh Son 2 Kindergarten had the roofs of 2 classrooms blown off, the entire multi-purpose building collapsed; Khanh Son 2 Primary School had the roofs of 12 classrooms blown off, the entire garage for teachers' vehicles collapsed...

Mr. Pham Thuong Mai - Head of the Department of Culture and Society of Thien Nhan Commune said: In addition to the schools damaged by storm No. 10, currently, some schools in Nam Cuong Commune (old) are at risk of being flooded if the floodwaters in the rivers rise in the coming days. To ensure the safety of students, tomorrow morning (September 30), all schools in the commune will continue to be closed so that teachers and parents can focus on overcoming the storm and flood.

In Tuong Duong commune, Mr. Nguyen Van Hien, Head of the Department of Culture and Society, said that the schools in the area are basically stable in terms of facilities and have not suffered any serious damage. However, the traffic routes in the area have been severely eroded, especially National Highway 7 and inter-commune roads. Many villages and hamlets have been isolated, including Na Be and Hop Thanh villages, which have been isolated due to landslides.

In addition, four villages, namely Chan, Lau, Mac and Nhan, located on the other side of the Ca River, are also isolated and inaccessible. To ensure the safety of students and teachers, the locality has assigned schools to re-organize teaching and learning based on actual developments, ensuring the safest conditions for teachers and students when they return to school.

Similarly, in the border commune of Tri Le, schools were not affected by storm No. 10, but traffic was seriously eroded. Mr. Vi Van Dung, Head of the Department of Culture and Society of Tri Le commune, said that tomorrow (September 30), schools in the area are not expected to welcome students back to school.

Meanwhile, in Quy Chau commune, some schools such as the two separate kindergarten and primary schools in Ta Soi village (former Chau Hanh commune) have water rising to the roof and students will have difficulty going to school this week.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Binh, Head of the Department of Culture and Society of Quy Chau Commune, said: By the evening of September 29, the water in many areas of Quy Chau Commune had begun to rise and in some places, half of the houses were submerged. Traffic in the entire area was cut off and could not be circulated. Because many areas had lost phone signal, the commune could not yet count the damage to schools and teachers. Temporarily, students in the area could not go to school.

According to Mr. Nguyen Trong Hoan, Chief of Office of Nghe An Department of Education and Training, storm No. 10 has caused heavy damage to Nghe An Education sector. According to the quick report of the Department, as of 3:00 p.m. on September 29, the whole province had 45 schools flooded, including 17 kindergartens, 16 primary schools and 12 secondary schools.

In addition, 18 schools suffered landslides, 131 schools had their corrugated iron roofs blown off in classrooms and functional rooms; 91 schools had their tiled roofs blown off, 85 schools had their fences collapsed, 110 schools had some items collapsed or their garage roofs blown off. In addition, almost all schools had their signboards and trees damaged. The initial damage estimate for the education sector is nearly 300 billion VND.

Faced with this reality, Mr. Nguyen Trong Hoan said: Today, the cleaning has not been done because it is still raining in the wards and communes, many places are flooded, and traffic is cut off. Through the investigation, some mountainous communes have started to have water levels rising, causing flooding of schools and cutting off students' way to school. In the immediate future, the Department has directed schools to focus on cleaning, repairing schools, and repairing damage. If safety is not ensured, students will not go to school.

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