Le Thuy: Many summer-autumn rice areas are locally flooded

(QBĐT) - On the afternoon of June 12, according to a quick report from the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Search and Rescue and the Civil Defense Steering Committee of Le Thuy district, due to the impact of storm No. 1, the district experienced moderate to heavy rain, and in some places very heavy rain, temporarily cutting off some roads and causing local flooding of many summer-autumn rice fields.

Heavy rain caused landslides on National Highway 9C through Kim Thuy commune.

Accordingly, the whole district has more than 58 hectares of rice fields, more than 500 hectares of summer-autumn rice, 50 hectares of winter-spring rice, 130 hectares of regenerated rice and more than 5.5 hectares of lotus that were partially flooded. Heavy rain also caused flooding, temporarily cutting off roads to Bach Dan, Tan Ly and Xa Khia villages (Lam Thuy commune).

Currently, winter-spring rice in Le Thuy district has 534 hectares not harvested (Hong Thuy commune 473 hectares, Hoa Thuy commune 59 hectares, An Thuy commune 2 hectares); summer-autumn rice has been sown on 1,700 hectares and the aquaculture area is 2,237 hectares. Currently, the reservoirs in the district have reached about 65% of the designed capacity.

Many roads in the area were temporarily cut off.

Currently, the District People's Committee, the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control and Search and Rescue, and the Civil Defense Steering Committee of Le Thuy District, are focusing on directing agencies, units, and People's Committees of communes and towns to strictly implement the directives of the Central Government and the Provincial People's Committee to respond to storm No. 1; organize 24/7 on-duty, proactively and promptly deploy plans and measures to respond to floods and storms; and directly inspect and direct the handling of situations in key and vulnerable areas to minimize damage...

Ngoc Hai

Source: https://baoquangbinh.vn/kinh-te/202506/le-thuy-nhieu-dien-tich-lua-he-thu-bi-ngap-cuc-bo-2226985/