Military forces continue post-flood rescue and clean-up effort

Military forces are making continued effort to search for the missing in rubble, helping local residents to recover from the aftermath of the recent flood in Nha Trang City.

 

 

Receiving an official telegram from Khanh Hoa People’s Committee on helping local residents to recover from the flood aftermath, Khanh Hoa Military Headquarters have jointly mobilized 500 staff and militia to join the search, rescue and clean-up effort. DM2 combat vehicles and boats have been used to access areas cut off by floodwater, reports Captain Ngo Quang Trung, Commander of Khanh Hoa Military Headquarters. 

 

 

 

A resident in Xom Nui, Thanh Phat Village, Phuoc Dong Commune, says, “The downpour on November 18 caused devastating rockfall and landslide, putting my house at collapse risk. Luckily, the military helped me and my pregnant daughter-in law to safe places. My daughter-in law was taken to hospital for delivery and I was taken to the commune multifunctional house.” The injured named Le Dinh Lam, Vinh Hoa Ward, was also timely taken to hospital and saved.

 

150 Navy Academy staff and students have brought 16 vehicles and medications, 300 lifejackets to help residents in dangerous places; evacuated 100 people and removed property of 73 families from the floodway, joined rubble clean-up and landslide clearance work on 7 main roads in residential areas.

 

Telecommunications University has mobilized 150 staff and students to help residents in Phuoc Dong Commune; jointly helped road landslide clearance work, evacuation operation and home clean-up. Hundreds of staff and students have been sent to help locals in the 2 wards of Vinh Hoa and Vinh Hai to repair damages.

 

Nearly 40 staff and soldiers joined the search, rescue and clean-up effort in Phuoc Dong Commune on November 18, says Captain Nguyen Minh Hung, a political commissar of the infantry brigade 305. 419 people have been evacuated to safe places, according to the November 19 report. The force is still present at severely-damaged places to help with the post-flood recovery effort, adds Captain Ngo Quang Trung.

 

The Anh

Translated by N.T