Gia Lai determined not to let people in flooded areas go hungry

Mr. Le Phong, Permanent Vice President of the Gia Lai Provincial Red Cross Society, said that the Red Cross Societies at all levels in the province are coordinating with the government and associations and organizations to urgently support food, foodstuffs, and drinking water for people in low-lying areas flooded by heavy rains and floods, determined not to let people go hungry.

Support essential food, water for people in flooded areas in Gia Lai .

According to Mr. Le Phong, the biggest difficulty in the relief work at present is the lack of canoes, boats, canoes... to reach people in flooded areas such as Quy Nhon Dong, Quy Nhon Bac, Quy Nhon Nam wards...

Therefore, since November 19, the Red Cross has called on organizations and individuals in the province to urgently support canoes, motorboats... to coordinate in bringing food, food, drinking water, and essentials to the people. In order for people not to go hungry due to floods, the support work is deployed according to the "4 on-site" motto (on-site forces, on-site means, on-site supplies and on-site command) to promptly support people to overcome difficult times.

To have enough food, essential food and drinking water for the people, the Gia Lai Red Cross Society calls on organizations and individuals inside and outside the province to join hands to support. In solidarity with the Red Cross Society in rescuing people in flooded areas, many organizations and individuals inside and outside the province have supported such as: Central Red Cross Society donated 1.7 billion VND, Thanh Hoa Red Cross Society donated 500 million VND, Khanh Hoa Red Cross Society donated 280 million VND, Quy Nhon Charity Kitchen of the Red Cross Volunteer Club cooked free rice for people in flooded areas...

Red Cross chapters at all levels in the province will continue to carry out relief work for people in flooded areas until the water recedes completely. In addition, as soon as the water recedes, the chapters at all levels will coordinate to support environmental sanitation, repair houses, and rebuild people's lives...

Transporting essential food, supplies, and drinking water to support people in flooded areas in Gia Lai.

According to the Gia Lai Provincial People's Committee, from November 16 to 19, the province experienced prolonged heavy rain, especially in Van Canh with 897 mm of rainfall, and Quy Nhon with 879 mm of rainfall. Heavy rain caused flood water levels to rise rapidly, causing deep and widespread flooding in the basins of the Ha Thanh, Kon, and Ba rivers. The water level of the Ha Thanh river was 23 cm higher than the historical flood peak in 2009.

According to preliminary statistics, in the whole Gia Lai province, there are more than 19,200 houses flooded over 1.5 meters deep, many places flooded from 2-3 meters, mainly concentrated in the wards of Quy Nhon, Quy Nhon Dong, Quy Nhon Tay, Quy Nhon Nam, Quy Nhon Bac, Ayun Pa and the communes of Tuy Phuoc, Tuy Phuoc Bac, Ia Sao, Po To...

The flood caused huge damage to houses, property, trees, crops, canals, dams, production facilities of people and businesses, with an initial total estimated damage of more than 1,000 billion VND.

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/xa-hoi/gia-lai-quyet-tam-khong-de-nguoi-dan-vung-lu-bi-thieu-doi-20251121122104062.htm