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Fierce floods swept through the central province of Binh Dinh while people were confronting with the typhoon Mirinae. Many residential areas in the province have been isolated. Relief aid and rescue have been urgently coming to these places.
Saving people in floods
From early morning of November, 3 the residential areas in Dong Da ward have been separated by the floods. The locals said the water has risen from 3 a.m making many houses flooded. Many flood victims have been caught in the water, including elderly people, women, and children.
The city’s leaders and rescue forces have carried out many measures to help 70 households isolated by the floods. Also, flood victims in wards of Nhon Binh and Nhon Phu were promptly rescued.
Alongside the staff of Quy Nhon Road Repair Management Co., Ltd, different rescue forces were mobilized to help the flood victims. Many people also tried to assist their neighbors and relatives.
They used coracle to move flood victims out of the flood-hit areas. “The water has quickly risen since 3 a.m and the power was cut,” said Nguyen Thi Thanh Tung, one of saved victims. “We couldn’t do anything to escape.”
There were nearly 1,000 houses flooded and two collapsed in the Dong Da ward, according to chairman of Dong Da ward People’s Committee Nguyen Thi Bich Nga. About 400 packages of noodles were delivered to the flood victims in the areas.
Helicopters deliver relief aid
The military forces also participated in saving people living in the areas stricken by the eleventh storm.
Two helicopters from Da Nang were assigned to deliver packages of noodles and drinking-water to flood victims in Binh Dinh on Nov. 3.
“We were ordered to assist Binh Dinh in rescuing flood victims on Nov. 2, but the helicopters only took off in Da Nang on the following day due to the bad weather,” said Colonel Nguyen Van Cam.
On Nov. 3 the relief aid, including packages of instant noodles and drinking-water, was offered to local people in flood-hit areas in wards and communes in Binh Dinh.
The province’s Red Cross also provided 2,500 packages of noodles for the victims, aiming to help them overcome difficulties.
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