According to many people in Dong Dak Lak, this is a historic flood that they have never witnessed. The floodwaters rose very quickly, strongly, and unexpectedly, leaving most of the people in Dong Dak Lak communes and wards unable to react. In the dark of night, thousands of text messages and calls for help were sent to the Dak Lak Provincial Command Center for rescue and relief.
“Please save my family. There are more than 10 people in the house. Children, babies, and the elderly. The water is rising too high. There is no place to take shelter. Please help me”, “Tay Vinh hamlet, Phu Hoa (old Hoa An). The house has 2 babies, 2 elderly people, and 3 adults who need help. The water is rising up to the neck”, “The house does not have a life jacket. It is in Bau Ngang, Don hamlet, Phu Phong village, Hoa Dong commune (old Tay Hoa district). We are about to collapse. I hope the rescue team will save my house”…
Among the countless calls for help, there were fleeting messages from flooded areas without electricity, people lost contact due to lack of electricity to charge their phones, before the battery ran out, they had to call their relatives far away to find rescue forces online. People from Dak Lak who were far away from home also stayed up all night looking for their relatives who were trapped in the flood. They had no other choice but to call rescue forces or go online to ask for help for their relatives. In those calls for help, a woman posted a clip with only sound, no image because it was pitch black, haunting the online community.
Among those cries for help, a woman posted a video clip but only had sound, no image because it was dark, haunting the online community. In this clip, the woman was crying and informed that she and her two children were on the roof, it was dark, raining heavily and asking for help.
At nearly 10 pm, we contacted the phone number that posted the distress call and on the other end of the line, a woman introduced herself as Do Thi Hong Dao (born in 1994, residing in group 3 Bau Tranh Van Loc, Hoa My Dong commune (old), now Hoa My commune, Dak Lak province). Through the phone call interrupted by the sound of rain, Ms. Dao said that she was currently on the roof with her two small children, her husband was working as a construction worker in Ho Chi Minh City. "The whole hamlet is located in the middle of the field so there are only four houses. Currently, my house and a neighbor's house also have a mother and two small children sitting on the roof asking for help," Ms. Dao said.
According to Ms. Dao, at about 10:00 a.m. the same day, the floodwaters rose so she contacted for rescue but was unsuccessful. At about 5:00 p.m. the same day, when the water continued to rise, she brought her two children to the roof and continued to call for help but was unsuccessful. "My two children are freezing, they can't take it anymore, brother. Please find a way to contact and save me and my children!", Ms. Dao cried and said.
Speaking to reporters, a leader of Tuy An Tay commune said that hundreds of houses in Region 8 and Region 9 of the commune are heavily flooded. Currently, rescue forces are working through the night to bring dozens of people to safety. However, due to the strong water flow, many areas are inaccessible, many people are still trapped on the roofs.
In Dong Xuan commune, the most severely flooded area with 20 villages cut off by floodwaters, many people posted on social media asking for help due to flooding, many people climbed onto the roofs of houses that were about to be "swallowed" by floodwaters to wait for rescue at night.
In Tay Hoa commune, the floodwaters rose rapidly, causing 14/21 villages to be flooded and isolated, with about 3,100 houses flooded and 135 households with 487 people evacuated. Mr. Phan Xuan Hanh, Secretary of the Party Committee of Tay Hoa commune, said that the locality has been mobilizing maximum human resources to urgently bring people in areas along the Ba River and dangerous areas to the commune People's Committee hall to ensure safety. "The evacuation of people is carried out throughout the night to try to bring people in dangerous places to safe shelters," Mr. Hanh said.
Faced with the complicated flood situation, up to now, the Dak Lak Provincial Military Command has mobilized more than 10,000 officers and soldiers along with 8,088 life buoys, 7,179 life jackets, 60 cars, 57 canoes, motorboats, 69 life rafts, 350 tents of all kinds... to support localities in implementing response plans and evacuating people to safety. At the same time, prepare locations for take-off and landing of rescue helicopters when the weather is favorable. In addition, the Dak Lak Provincial Police also mobilized thousands of officers and soldiers from many forces to participate in rescue, helping households evacuate to safety.
Source: https://cand.com.vn/doi-song/nhoi-long-voi-nhung-cuoc-goi-cau-cuu-trong-dem-lu-i788596/
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