People cleaning up Luong The Vinh street. Photo: Thanh Huong

Take advantage of the rain to join hands

On the morning of October 29, taking advantage of the temporary water receding, the government and people of Thuan Hoa ward joined hands to clean up the area, helping each other to soon stabilize their lives.

Neighborhood groups, youth union members, militia and self-defense forces, and urban environmental workers actively collected garbage and mud, dredged sewers, and washed roads and residential areas, including many deeply flooded streets such as Phan Dinh Phung, Phan Chau Trinh, Bui Thi Xuan, Nguyen Hue... With the motto "where the water recedes, clean up", sanitation activities were deployed synchronously.

Not only Thuan Hoa ward, many localities of the city also urgently mobilized all forces and people to participate in cleaning up and overcoming the consequences of floods. In Hung Loc commune, the work of overcoming landslides and cleaning up when the water receded was carried out in parallel. In addition to repairing the road to Phung Son village that had cut off and isolated households in Phung Son village, which has now been reopened, the forces in the commune together with local union members and youths have mobilized to clean up areas where the water had just receded, including Hoa Vang, Binh An, Thuan Hoa, Hoa My villages...

Forces in Hung Loc commune and people clean up mud after the flood. Photo: Huu Phuc

In Loc An commune, on the morning of October 29, the rainfall has decreased, the water has gradually receded, and people in safe areas are leaving temporary shelters to return home to clean up after the flood. Local authorities continue to direct relevant agencies and units to regularly inform local people to proactively implement solutions to respond to the flood situation and clean up in 3 forms: on loudspeaker systems, mobile vehicles, on social networking sites Facebook and Zalo. Local forces coordinate and support people to join hands in cleaning up in areas where the water has receded.

Ensuring essentials for patients and their families

The leaders of the Hue City Department of Health have directed medical examination and treatment facilities in the area, while many facilities are still deeply flooded, affecting people's travel, to ensure necessities for patients, patients' relatives and medical staff at the medical examination and treatment facilities.

According to a quick report from the Department of Health, by the morning of October 29, the entire city had 25 medical stations flooded (water entering the station), many of which were flooded from 0.7 to 1 meter deep, such as: Vy Da, Huong An, Thuy Thanh station 2...

In addition, 8 units were flooded, including 5 specialized hospitals: Traditional Medicine, Lung Hospital, Eye Hospital, Rehabilitation Hospital 2 and Dermatology Hospital; Quang Dien Medical Center... From 8:00 a.m. on October 21 to 6:00 a.m. on October 29, there were more than 11,430 inpatients.

Along with the work of preventing storms, floods and natural disasters, the Department of Health requests medical units and facilities to ensure logistics and necessities for patients, their relatives and medical staff at medical examination and treatment facilities that are flooded and isolated. At the same time, strengthen epidemiological surveillance, early detection and timely handling of outbreaks: diarrhea, hand, foot and mouth disease, flu, dengue fever, skin diseases, pink eye, malaria, leptospira, intestinal diseases, etc.; organize spraying of disinfectants, killing flies and mosquitoes, treating domestic water and flooded wells as well as instructing people on environmental sanitation, eating cooked food - drinking boiled water - living in clean places, collecting and burying animal carcasses according to regulations.

Towards people in flooded areas

Along with environmental sanitation work, many activities to support people in deep flooded areas were also promptly deployed. At Truong An Primary School (Thuan Hoa Ward), the "kitchen of love" of more than 20 Hue women was on fire for many days of flood. Women who are cadres, teachers, civil servants and workers in the area voluntarily contributed their time and money to cook nearly 3,000 hot meals, sending them to people isolated in floodwaters.

Units and people of Chan May - Lang Co commune prepare dry food to send to people in flooded areas. Photo: Huu Phuc

These small but meaningful actions have contributed to spreading the spirit of mutual love of Hue people in times of trouble. Currently, the People's Committee of Thuan Hoa Ward continues to call on all people to proactively clean the environment, clean their houses, collect garbage, prevent epidemics, and contribute to building a green - clean - beautiful and safe residential area after the flood.

In Chan May - Lang Co commune, the spirit of "the few help each other" is spreading. Although affected by natural disasters, through the connection of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the commune, after the water gradually receded, many teachers, philanthropists and people in the commune joined hands to buy raw materials to make food and package them to send to everyone, especially students who are facing difficulties during the rainy and flooded days in Hue city.

Currently, many organizations and units inside and outside the city are also focusing on supporting people in flooded areas. On the morning of October 29, the relief team of Phu Tho province coordinated with the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha and the People's Committee of Thuy Xuan Ward (Hue City) to give more than 400 gifts including instant noodles, milk, drinking water and essential necessities to people in deep flooded areas.

Due to the impact of prolonged heavy rain, many areas in Thuy Xuan ward such as Dong Phuoc 1, Dong Phuoc 2, Luong Quan residential groups... were flooded from 1.5 to nearly 2 meters, traffic was cut off, and people's lives were disrupted. The working group proactively approached each area, gave gifts, visited and encouraged severely affected households.

Leaders of Thuy Xuan ward and the relief team of Phu Tho province presented gifts to support people in deeply flooded areas in the area. Photo: Bach Chau

Mr. Dang Huu Hai, Chairman of Thuy Xuan Ward People's Committee, said that there are still some deeply flooded areas in the area. The government is coordinating with rescue forces and volunteer groups to continue supporting people to overcome the consequences, clean up their houses and clean up the environment after the flood. The timely relief activities have helped people reduce their immediate difficulties, demonstrating the spirit of solidarity and sharing of the community towards the Central region during this year's flood season.

In Huong Tra, by the morning of October 29, 8 residential groups were flooded with a depth of 0.2-0.5m; some inner-city roads were flooded from 0.3-1m. Currently, the whole ward has 915 flooded houses. To support households affected by floods, on October 28-29, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the ward, socio-political organizations, volunteer groups, religious establishments, and kind-hearted individuals inside and outside the locality presented 1,000 gifts (rice, instant noodles, cooking oil) worth 400 million VND, 2,000 meals worth 40 million VND and 40 million VND in cash.

This afternoon, heavy rains appeared in the city again, very heavy rains in some places, the forecast of the upcoming flood days is still erratic. Amidst the hardships caused by natural disasters, the hearts that shared with Hue have contributed to warming people's hearts.

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