Viet Nam, Flooding in Ha Tinh

According to the quick report No. 48/BC-PCTT dated May 25, 2025 of the Standing Office of the Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Control of Ha Tinh province, preliminary information on the initial damage caused by heavy rain on the night of May 24 and early morning of May 25 caused flooding, the damage is as follows: 150 households in Ky Anh district were flooded, 10 hectares of vegetables were flooded in Ky Anh town and the spring rice area in Cam Xuyen district. Currently, localities are continuing to review and count the damage.

Update:
According to a quick report from the Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Control and Search and Rescue of Ha Tinh province, the exceptionally heavy rain from the night of May 24 to the early morning of May 25 caused the following damage:

- Regarding housing: 450 houses were flooded (the water has now receded).

- Regarding agriculture: 2,220 hectares of rice were damaged and affected, 397 hectares of other crops were affected; 2,076 tons of harvested rice were wet.

- Regarding livestock: 12,195 poultry died or were swept away; 32 cattle were swept away.

- Regarding irrigation: 10m of the dam of Dam Ha lake was eroded and washed away ( Dap Ha lake is a lake whose banks were built by the people themselves in 1965, the dam is 1,100m long, 1.2 - 1.5m high and has no spillway ).

- Other damage: 03 small fishing boats were damaged, 80m of fence collapsed.

Currently, the locality is deploying forces to overcome the consequences and continue to review and count the damage.