Thứ Tư, 16 tháng 10, 2013

 In pictures: Life after the storm in central Vietnam

 Flooding rose quickly after typhoon Nari on the morning of October 15, causing severe floods in many areas. After the storm, people in the provinces of Thua Thien - Hue, Da Nang and Quang Nam cleaned up and roof their houses. 
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Hoi An ancient town after the storm.
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Devastated Da Nang.
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Flood in Huong Thuy, Thua Thien-Hue province.
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Typhoon Nari moved to Laos yesterday but heavy rains and upstream water make houses along the highway in the districts of Phu Vang, Phu Loc, Phong Dien and Quang Dien in Thua Thien - Hue deeply submerged. 
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People do not know when the flood waters will recede.

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In Cho No Bridge in Duong No commune, Phu Vang district, Thua Thien - Hue province, water is rapidly rising. The villagers and civil defense forces pick up water hyacinth to clear the flow.

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Many police officers and soldiers are sent to villages to help local people.

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Mr. Tran Manh in Dien Truong Village, Thuan An town, Thua Thien - Hue province cuts down the trees before his flooded house to prevent the tree from falling into the house.
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People catch fish by net in front of their houses.
 
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Some people clean up the houses and pick up belongings scattered by the wind and storm and collect some firewood for cooking.

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The unroofed houses are waiting for being roofed.
 
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In Da Nang, markets have not yet opened so people buy food from sidewalk “shops.” The food prices rise highly. A bunch of vegetables is priced VND10,000 instead of the usual prices of VND4,000-5,000.
 
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In the afternoon of October 15, bread and noodle making enterprises and some restaurants in Da Nang opened again. At the noodle shop at Le Do - Tran Cao Van intersection, many people lined to buy noodles for dinner. The signboard of this shop was destroyed by the storm. In many areas, power and safe water were not provided yet so people buy processed food for their dinner.

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Last night, most areas in Quang Nam province did not have electricity yet so all activities took place in the light of oil lamps or candles. Mr. Thanh in Tien Phuoc district, Quang Nam province said he did not sleep for a second on the night of October 14 but his house lost the roof and assets were damaged. "Our beds are wet and damaged so tonight we will not have any place to sleep. Anyway we were not in the mood to sleep. Our family will take instant noodles for dinner," he said. 

 
Source: VNE

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