From the afternoon of October 7th, due to the influence of the circulation of typhoon number 11 (typhoon Matmo) and the rising floodwaters of the Thuong River, many villages and hamlets along both sides of the river in Bac Ninh province were severely flooded.
According to statistics from the People's Committee of Tien Luc commune (Bac Ninh province), as of 4 PM on October 9th, more than 750 hectares of rice fields were flooded, and the local authorities are compiling further statistics in the coming days.
According to observations by Dan Tri reporters on the afternoon of October 9th, floodwaters continued to rise, inundating residential areas and rice fields that were almost ready for harvest, causing concern among many farmers.
That afternoon, upon discovering that floodwaters were overflowing the roads and rushing down into the fields of Dong Tham, Tay Lo, and other villages, the local authorities promptly mobilized harvesting machines and, together with the people, quickly harvested the rice with the motto "better to harvest while the rice is still green than to let it ripen in the field."
The raging floodwaters rushed in, rising rapidly and catching the people completely by surprise, causing them great anxiety for the rice fields that had not yet been harvested.
According to Mr. Nguyen Van Chien, head of Dong Tham village, since the afternoon of October 7th, the local authorities have mobilized harvesting machines and urged people to harvest their rice early, but because the rice was still unripe, many families have not yet harvested it.
"This afternoon (October 9th), when we saw floodwaters overflowing the road and rushing into the fields, we had to quickly mobilize combine harvesters and villagers to harvest the rice. If we didn't harvest quickly, the fields would be flooded again in just 3-4 hours," Mr. Chien said.
Facing the risk of their rice fields being flooded at any moment, a large number of people in Tien Luc commune harvested their unripe rice to escape the rising water.
According to Mr. Hoang Van Tuan, Chief of the Office of the People's Committee of Tien Luc commune, as of 4 PM on October 9th, floodwaters had caused the collapse of two structures in the commune; killed 8,000 poultry and waterfowl; and submerged 870 hectares of rice, crops, and fruit trees. Over 70 hectares of aquaculture farms were completely flooded.
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