Canoes of Binh Dinh Border Guard approached to assist fishermen in rescuing damaged boats..
Ruined after abnormal weather
The Central region is at the beginning of the dry season, so, according to the VNDMAl, the rain with heavy thunderstorms in April is an unseasonal natural disaster, very unusual compared to every year, making people "not able to return in time". hand". The two most affected provinces are Phu Yen and Binh Dinh.
On the evening of March 30 and the morning of March 31, there was heavy rain in Phu Yen province combined with thunderstorms and whirlwinds. Strong seas, 3 to 5m high waves in areas of Long Thuy village (An Phu commune, Tuy Hoa city), Phu Thuong and Hoi Son hamlets (An Hoa Hai commune, Tuy An district) and Xuan Dai bay (An Hoa Hai commune, Tuy An district) Song Cau town). As a result, more than 100 boats among the fishing boats anchored by fishermen were sunk and badly damaged by waves; 20 shrimp rafts were damaged by waves in Xuan Dai Bay area, 230ha of rice fields were flooded. Total damage was initially estimated at 6.5 billion VND.
At the boat anchorage at Bai Nom (Nhon Ly commune, Quy Nhon city, Binh Dinh province), abnormal weather caused big waves and strong winds to break anchor lines, sink, and cause damage to 55 fishing vehicles. seafood exploitation of 53 households, it is estimated that the total loss is more than 3 billion VND. Mr. Nguyen An Vinh (resident in Ly Chanh village, Nhon Ly commune, owner of fishing boat BD0610TS) said: "The weather changed suddenly, the high waves kept crashing and breaking the anchors of boats anchored at Nom beach. then drown them all. Now, the ship worth nearly 100 million VND is destroyed, the machinery is damaged, I don't know who to borrow to rebuild the ship for a living.
At 5:30, on March 31, the fishing boat PY41067TS owned by Mr. Le Nghiep (residing in Song Cau town, Phu Yen province) along with 2 fishermen were fishing 3 nautical miles from the shore, encountered rain. Large, strong waves cause the ship to break the water and sink into the sea. Anh Nghiep and 2 fishermen were forced to drift for many hours in the rough sea. Fortunately, at about 9 o'clock on the same day, the cargo ship Hoang Viet 03, captained by Mr. Nguyen The Hung, was traveling from Ba Ria - Vung Tau to Ninh Binh, discovered, rescued the fishermen and handed them over to the Fort. Border guard at Quy Nhon port, Binh Dinh Border Guard.
Efforts to help people
Implementing Dispatch 298/CD-TTg dated April 2, 2022 of the Prime Minister on focusing on overcoming the consequences of abnormal rains and floods in the Central region, in recent days, localities are urgently taking advantage of quickly overcome the damage, immediately support the affected people to stabilize their lives soon. In addition, the functional agencies also mobilized forces to help people clean the environment, restore houses with roofs removed, flood, stabilize life immediately after the flood receded, clean infrastructure, office to come into operation soon.
Following the direction of Binh Dinh Provincial People's Committee, on April 2, Binh Dinh Border Guard Command presided over and coordinated with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Provincial Police to salvage the fishermen's means of transport. sunk at sea. 250 officers, soldiers, local shock forces, fishermen and many vehicles and equipment were mobilized. Colonel Tran Quoc Binh, Deputy Commander, Chief of Staff of Binh Dinh Border Guard said that the unit sent forces, dispatched ships and canoes of Squadron 2 to the scene, hired divers to find a location and fix it. sunken vehicles; Use the truck to tow the ship, the boat sank to the shore. Although the weather is not favorable, however, we try to salvage and support the fishermen as soon as possible.
As soon as the wind and rain level was reduced, the Phu Yen Border Guard Command directed the units to quickly deploy officers and soldiers to the area to participate in the recovery of vehicles sunk by the waves. An Hai Border Guard Station coordinates with local Party committees and authorities to review and estimate damage, visit and encourage families of missing people, property damage, and help people overcome consequences of natural disasters. caused to stabilize life. The unit has sent 40 times of officers and soldiers to coordinate with functional forces and victims' families to organize patrols along the coast and at sea to search for missing people and participate in the rescue of ships in distress.
In order to support fishermen damaged by the unusual weather, Chairman of Phu Yen Provincial People's Committee - Mr. Tran Huu The said that in the immediate future, the province prioritizes searching for missing fishermen and making plans to salvage the ship. . Many fishermen have borrowed huge amounts of money from banks to raise lobsters, but now they have lost everything and are in danger of falling into debt. Provincial leaders will work with the bank to restructure the debt for the affected fishermen. In the immediate future, the Provincial People's Committee decided to support 5 million VND for each ship with a capacity of less than 20CV and 15 million VND for each ship with a capacity of 20 to 50CV that sank to initially help people overcome the consequences. Quy Nhon City People's Committee also supports 2 million VND for each household affected by natural disasters.