SOS!
October 29th, 8:30 PM: “SOS! We need someone to rescue a pregnant woman whose house is flooded up to the attic. It's extremely dangerous, the water level is very high tonight. Behind the new Vinh Dien market. We urgently need help right now.” 8:57 AM, October 29th: “The area around Tran Nhan Tong Street, Dien Phuong, Vinh Dien market, and Quang Nam Regional Hospital is severely flooded, with a serious shortage of drinking water and food. We urgently need rescue teams to help people in need.” 5:31 AM, October 29th: “Quang Nam Tam Tri Hospital (Nam Phuoc, Duy Xuyen) is receiving patients for emergency care. However, the hospital has been isolated for two days... There are still over 100 people, including medical staff and patients, at the hospital. We urgently need food, drinking water, and fuel for the generator. Please help us connect boats.”
Hundreds of urgent pleas for help were posted on social media, lasting from early morning until 2-3 AM on October 30th. In this time of great hardship, thankfully, helping hands reached out, undeterred by danger, reaching every isolated area. A couple who were calling for help at Vinh Dien market were rescued by military personnel stationed in the Dien Nam - Dien Ngoc area and taken to Vinh Duc General Hospital after nearly 30 minutes. At noon on October 29th, boats from military and police units crossed the fast-flowing water, carrying food, water, and other necessities from benefactors to the hospital. Doctors and nurses quickly distributed the supplies and delivered them to each ward and room, handing them directly to patients and their families.
Mr. Nguyen Tai, Director of Quang Nam Regional General Hospital, has been on duty at the hospital since October 26th, unable to hide his emotion. He shared: “Because the flooding was so deep and there were so many people, even though the hospital had prepared a sufficient supply of essential goods, we were unable to move them due to the prolonged waterlogging. Fortunately, we received support from local people, volunteer teams, and functional forces, which helped us overcome the shortages of food and drinking water.”
Stay with the villagers.
Since October 27th, relief teams have been continuously supplying food and water to isolated areas in Nong Son commune. The name most frequently mentioned by people in the flood-stricken area of Nong Son is Uncle Tam Sang.
On the afternoon of October 27th, the BDS Charity Association, whose president is Mr. Tran Huy Dang, also known as Tam Sang, continuously posted relief videos from the flood-stricken Nong Son area on its personal page. In those videos, the young son of Ms. Phan Thi An, a resident of Nong Son commune, was being carried onto a rescue boat by members of the association. That evening, her son was left at a friend's house in an unflooded area near Trung Phuoc market. "I saved the video from the fan page to remember a historical and haunting moment for my village, my family, and my son," Ms. An said.
Only those who have lived in flood-affected areas and experienced the floods firsthand can understand the feelings of the people in these flooded regions. Mr. Tam Sang's volunteer team continuously traveled through the Nong Son and Dai Loc areas by jet ski and canoe. On October 27th, during the first flood, his team spared no effort in every corner of Nong Son. Hundreds of people were evacuated from dangerous areas, especially the elderly and children. Throughout the day and night of October 29th, Mr. Tam Sang's team worked almost non-stop, continuously responding to emergency calls in Thuong Duc and Dai Loc communes.
By the morning of October 30th, many areas of Dien Ban, Duy Xuyen, Nong Son, and Que Phuoc were still submerged in this historic flood, although the water had begun to recede slowly. And the hearths in the southern parts of the city, fortunately unaffected by this flood, continued to burn brightly. Thousands of meals, including sticky rice cakes and other traditional foods, were packed and distributed to the flood victims by various groups and organizations – a small part of the sharing that embodies the spirit of "brotherly solidarity"!
Safe shelter
Amidst the complex developments of heavy rains and floods, many schools in mountainous areas have become shelters for people in landslide-prone regions, helping them stay safe together in the face of the unpredictable natural disaster…
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The Lang Luong branch school, part of Chu Van An Ethnic Boarding Primary School (Tra Tap commune), has become a centralized evacuation point for people from landslide-affected areas. According to Principal Truong Cong Mot, the "Friends Helping Each Other" Club has provided instant noodles, eggs, milk, clean water, flashlights, and other supplies to the people temporarily staying at the Lang Luong branch school. The main school is also ready to accommodate people temporarily during extreme weather conditions.
Because there were only two classrooms and a teacher's room, the youth union members of Tra Tap commune erected tarpaulins and built shelters to create more living space for the people during their temporary stay. Many teachers became coordinators, transporting food and necessities from volunteer groups to provide to the people.
Similarly, at Tra Leng 1 Ethnic Boarding Primary School (Tra Leng commune), the school prepared nearly 20 boxes of instant noodles and more than 15 packs of bottled clean water to support the landslide-affected residential areas. Mr. Le Huy Phuong, the school principal, said that because of heavy rain, pickup trucks couldn't reach the area, so they transported the food supplies by motorbike.
Tra Van Ethnic Boarding Primary School (Tra Van commune) has informed village heads that they can use classrooms and teacher's quarters at three separate school locations to provide shelter for residents in case of landslides. These locations all have gas stoves and some essential supplies . (NHAT HA)
Source: https://baodanang.vn/nhung-ban-tay-chia-ra-3308771.html
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