Nghe An: Thousands of hectares of crops and aquaculture ponds damaged after storm No. 5

Directly affected by storm No. 5, many crop and aquaculture areas in Nghe An suffered heavy damage. Currently, localities are compiling specific statistics.

Clip: Xuan Hoang

Many areas of flower crops, mainly summer-autumn corn in the communes of Dien Chau, An Chau, Tan Hau... (old Dien Chau district) were damaged by storm No. 5. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Most of the summer-autumn corn plants were broken in half by the storm. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Corn fields damaged like this are considered a total loss. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Mr. Nguyen Van Loi - Chairman of Dien Chau Commune People's Committee said that on August 26, hamlets will count the damage to crops for the commune to synthesize. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Some areas of autumn-winter corn crop were also severely affected. Photo: Xuan Hoang

In Quynh Anh commune (former Quynh Luu district), hundreds of hectares of vegetables were also destroyed by wind and storms. Photo: CSCC

Mr. Ho Dang Tam - Director of Quynh Bang General Agricultural Cooperative said: The whole commune has 700 hectares of vegetables, most of which were severely affected, many electric poles in the vegetable growing area were also knocked down and broken. Photo: CSCC

Many summer-autumn rice fields nearing harvest were also deeply flooded. In the photo: Summer-autumn rice fields in Van Tu commune were flooded on the morning of August 26. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Mr. Nguyen Tien Duc - Head of the Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection said: The damage to crops caused by storm No. 5 is great, mainly summer-autumn rice, corn and other vegetables. Currently, the Department is collecting specific data from localities. Photo: Some rice fields in Minh Chau commune are also flooded. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Due to water from the Mo River overflowing the banks, the shrimp farming area of ​​Quynh Anh commune was flooded. Photo: CSCC

According to Mr. Ho Dang Tam - Director of Quynh Bang General Agricultural Cooperative, the whole commune has more than 500 hectares of shrimp ponds, of which about 300 hectares are stocking winter shrimp, all of which have overflowed banks, causing losses. Photo: CSCC

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