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Monday, November 29, 2010

Relief aid accelerates as flood deaths hit 66

The dead toll from the severe floods caused by heavy rain in the central region reached 66 on Oct. 21, according to the Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control.

Ha Tinh province recorded the highest number of deaths of 32, Nghe An, 20, Quang Binh, nine, and Thanh Hoa, five.

Forty-four others have been injured and only eight were still missing, said the committee.

In the afternoon of Oct. 21, rescuers recovered the bodies of 14 passengers drowned when their bus was swept away in flood waters in Ha Tinh province’s Nghi Xuan district.

The search was continuing for other passengers on the bus who may have floated away.

The Bao Viet insurance company in Ha Tinh, Nghe An and Dak Lak provinces initially paid 25 million VND in insurance payouts for each victim in the accident.

At present, 120 communes and 38,029 households in Nghe An province are inundated, with 35 communes marooned.

As many as 183 communes and 175,110 households in Ha Tinh province and 16 communes and 53,520 households in Quang Binh province are still submerged.

On Oct. 20, roads via Ha Tinh province were reopened to traffic while some portions of railway routes through Ha Tinh and Quang Binh provinces remained deeply inundated.

The same day, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and officials from the ministries of defence, public security, and agriculture and rural development made a fact-finding tour in Ha Tinh province.

The PM held a working session with authorities of the flood-hit localities to ensure necessary works were promptly carried out to overcome flood consequences and stabilize production and the local people’s life.

As many as 5,100kg of PUR, 6,000 kg of Cloramin B, 300,000 tablets of Aquatab, and 3,000 single use toilet bags were delivered to the flood-hit provinces to help process flooded water for daily use.

Transport workers have been deployed to clear land erosion sites on roads in these localities. They have also been posted at dangerous sites to guide traffic.

The Consular Department of the Foreign Ministry sent a telegraph to the Vietnamese Embassy in Brunei asking it to contact relevant agencies there to verify and process procedures for 16 fishermen aboard Boat QNg 96455-TS of Quang Ngai province, who were rescued by a Brunei rescue ship on Oct. 19, to return home soon./.

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Flood death toll rises to 46

Nguyen Dinh Duc, a resident of Ha Tinh Province, and all that is left for him after the floods

Photo: Tuoi Tre

Flood death toll has risen to 46, with a further 21 people still missing in central provinces as of Wednesday morning, according to the Central Committee for Flood Prevention and Control.

Ha Tinh Province has reported the worst toll with 21 people, followed by Nghe An with 16, Quang Binh with 8 and Thanh Hoa 1.

Ha Tinh also reported 21 missing people, including 19 passengers in a bus which was swept away by strong currents from a flooded river on Monday morning.

Eighteen people were injured in the floods, according to the committee.

The National Committee for Search and Rescue has assigned more than 19,000 rescuers to search for the missing people and rescue residents stuck in flood-hit areas.

Flood-affected localities have asked the government to supply 15,000 tons of rice for residents who are facing the risk of starvation after their houses and properties were destroyed by flooding.

Floods have continued causing chaos in the central region as residents struggle with outbreaks of disease and price rises for essential items.

The floods have blocked traffic on roads and destroyed hundreds of hectares of subsidiary crops in Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces, resulting in commodity price increases of 200 to 500 percent.

Flood death toll rises to 46