Due to the impact of storm No. 5, the dike body here has collapsed more than 200m, creating frog jaws in some places, directly threatening thousands of households in the Northeast area (old Thanh Hoa city). In the urgent situation, the armed forces of Thanh Hoa province coordinated with 150 militia, police and local forces to urgently deploy thousands of bamboo stakes to make fences, then packed soil to hold them in place, ensuring the solid reinforcement of the dike foot.

The soil is packed in sacks.

It was raining, but the soldiers still urgently carried out their duties.

Thousands of bamboo stakes form a fence to protect the land at the foot of the Ma River dike.

Lieutenant Colonel Tao Quang Trung, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Thanh Hoa Provincial Military Command, who directly commanded the scene, said: "The dike is saturated with water, the strong current combined with the waves have caused many sections to collapse seriously. The tropical depression is forecast to strengthen into storm No. 6, widespread heavy rain, and floods from upstream will be very dangerous if not handled promptly."

It was dark but the dike rescue operation was still very urgent.
Nearly 600 cubic meters of soil were reinforced at the foot of the dike by Thanh Hoa province's military officers and soldiers.

Although it was getting dark and heavy rain was pouring down, the dike rescue efforts of the officers and soldiers of Thanh Hoa province's armed forces were still urgent, with the determination to complete nearly 600m3 of reinforced soil at the foot of the dike, ensuring the safety of the dike body when storm No. 6 is forecast to directly affect Thanh Hoa province in the coming days.

News and photos: KHANH TRINH

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