Dong Nai calls help for storm victims

09:10, 08/10/2013

(ĐN)- Dong Nai province's Fatherland Front Committee has called on organizations, agencies and individuals to make donations to support victims of tropical storm Wutip, help them stabilise their lives and resume production activities quickly.

(ĐN)- Dong Nai province’s Fatherland Front Committee has called on organizations, agencies and individuals to make donations to support victims of tropical storm Wutip, help them stabilise their lives and resume production activities quickly.

Tropical storm Wutip caused many trees in central Quang Tri Province's Dong Ha City to collapse. Authorities across the central region have been asked to evacuate local residents from high-risk areas to ensure their safety. — VNA/VNS Photo Ho Cau.
Tropical storm Wutip caused many trees in central Quang Tri Province's Dong Ha City to collapse. Authorities across the central region have been asked to evacuate local residents from high-risk areas to ensure their safety. —  Photo VNA/VNS

According to the latest report from the National Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention, Typhoon Wutip claimed nine lives and injured 199.

The typhoon, the strongest since 2006, has destroyed 372 houses, blown off over 194,000 roofs, flooded more than 25,000 houses, hospitals and public communities, and damaged 120 vessels and over 2,000 fisheries.

Nearly 17,000 hectares of rice and other crops have been submerged. Many sections of hydraulic systems, dykes, and water reservoirs in the region were seriously damaged.

Transportation was blocked in many areas in the region due to flooding. Many areas have suffered prolonged blackouts.

All donations should be sent before October 31, to Dong Nai provincial Fatherland Front Committee’s address: No 32, Vo Thi Sau Street, Quyet Thang ward,  Bien Hoa city, Dong Nai province. Account number: 3761.1021516.91049 in Dong Nai province’s State Treasury. 

Reported by P.V