Sudden floods marking the start of summer have claimed four lives anddamaged a total of 11,000ha of rice and vegetables in the centralprovinces of Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Nam and Quang Ngai.
The fourpeople, one in Thua Thien - Hue, one in Quang Nam and two in Quang Ngai,drowned in the floods which followed a three-day downpour with falls of300mm.
A report by the central steering committee for disasterprevention said the floods destroyed 8,000ha of rice and 3,000ha ofvegetables, sweet corn, peanuts and watermelon ready for harvest.Farmers face losses of billions Vietnamese dong. The floods also sweptaway 56.5ha of aquaculture fish and prawns.
On March 30, floodingblocked travel, impacting the lives of people in the Thua Thien - Huedistricts of Quang Dien, Huong Tra, and Phu Loc.
"We will behungry soon as water drowned the rice and vegetables," farmer Nguyen Catfrom Quang Phuoc commune told Viet Nam News.
In Quang Nam,agricultural losses could reach 55 billion VND (2.53 million USD). Theprovince was hit hardest among the three localities.
Fifteenhouses either collapsed or were damaged. Water covered roads around theprovince, hindering traffic in the districts of Nghia Hanh, Tu Nghia, MoDuc, Ba To and Duc Pho.
Severe landslides occurred on the banks of the Rin River and besides streams in mountainous Son Ha district.
PhamTruong Tho, Deputy Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, saidlocal authorities had deployed forces to save lives in landslide-proneareas and ease traffic jams.-VNA
The fourpeople, one in Thua Thien - Hue, one in Quang Nam and two in Quang Ngai,drowned in the floods which followed a three-day downpour with falls of300mm.
A report by the central steering committee for disasterprevention said the floods destroyed 8,000ha of rice and 3,000ha ofvegetables, sweet corn, peanuts and watermelon ready for harvest.Farmers face losses of billions Vietnamese dong. The floods also sweptaway 56.5ha of aquaculture fish and prawns.
On March 30, floodingblocked travel, impacting the lives of people in the Thua Thien - Huedistricts of Quang Dien, Huong Tra, and Phu Loc.
"We will behungry soon as water drowned the rice and vegetables," farmer Nguyen Catfrom Quang Phuoc commune told Viet Nam News.
In Quang Nam,agricultural losses could reach 55 billion VND (2.53 million USD). Theprovince was hit hardest among the three localities.
Fifteenhouses either collapsed or were damaged. Water covered roads around theprovince, hindering traffic in the districts of Nghia Hanh, Tu Nghia, MoDuc, Ba To and Duc Pho.
Severe landslides occurred on the banks of the Rin River and besides streams in mountainous Son Ha district.
PhamTruong Tho, Deputy Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, saidlocal authorities had deployed forces to save lives in landslide-proneareas and ease traffic jams.-VNA
