After Typhoon Yagi passed, the storm's circulation arrived, bringing heavy rains, causing flash floods and landslides on a large scale. Houses were submerged in water, roads were cut off, and fields were submerged. The images of people in the North struggling to cope with the harsh nature made people feel heartbroken. Each house swept away, each missing person was an indescribable pain.
Actual measurement data as of 5 p.m. on September 10 on Thao River in Yen Bai was 35.73m, 1.31m higher than the historical flood level in 1968, and at the same time the highest historical flood level since monitoring data was available in this area. On other rivers, yesterday day and last night, floods continued to rise and maintained very high water levels, many rivers exceeded alert level 3 yesterday afternoon such as Lo River, Thuong River, Cau River, Day River, Hoang Long River.
Orders from the heart of a soldier
When the floodwaters rose, sweeping away houses and fields, people's lives hung in the balance. In the midst of the vast sea of water, small rescue boats waded through the fierce waves, bringing stranded people to safety. The images of firefighters, police officers, and local officials covered in mud, steadfastly fighting against natural disasters have become symbols of sacrifice and courage. Thanks to them, countless lives have been saved, countless families have been reunited.
When the water rises, human love also rises.
“Don't worry, the army is coming...", a relief for the people in the flood area. The images of police officers and soldiers rowing boats to each house, climbing walls to help each person, especially the elderly and children, down, bringing them to safety, becoming their trusted support when they were scared moved the online community. These dangerous but meaningful moments spread on social networks, receiving thousands of shares and touching comments.
"Don't worry, the army is here..."
In Thai Nguyen city (Thai Nguyen province), heavy rain and rising Cau river water caused many residential areas to be submerged in water, causing widespread flooding. Hundreds of police and military officers braved the rain and went by boat to each house to help stranded people escape from the flooded area.
Soldiers rushed to rescue people.
In the dark or in the floodwaters, officers and soldiers still rush towards the people to bring them to safety. In the night, in the midst of the rushing floodwaters, for more than an hour, the working group of Luong Son district police, Hoa Binh with 15 officers and soldiers tried every way to save a 6-month pregnant woman trapped in the floodwaters.
Uncle Ho's soldiers shine in natural disasters
"Where there is difficulty, there are soldiers"
Throughout the night, police forces in all localities directed traffic, warned of unsafe areas; continued to evacuate people from dangerous areas; used flashlights to check that no people were left in areas surrounded by floodwaters...
"Forget yourself for the people, sacrifice for the people"
After transporting people out of the flooded area, the soldiers soaked themselves in boats carrying rice, food, provisions, and fresh water to those who remained. Despite being submerged in the water for many hours, the soldiers still smiled when they saw people waiting to receive food and water.
The soldiers only had time to quickly eat a bowl of noodles to fill their stomachs.
The more difficult the situation, the more the military-civilian sentiment and responsibility to the people of the officers and soldiers of the Vietnam People's Army are promoted with the spirit: "For the people, forget yourself, sacrifice for the people". The image of "green uniform" soldiers and other functional forces, regardless of danger, standing side by side with people day and night to overcome the consequences of floods and storms, beautifies the image of Uncle Ho's soldiers, strengthening the solidarity between the army and the people.
"Help out"
Like many other wars, when natural disasters struck, the Vietnamese people once again demonstrated the power of solidarity. Trucks carrying relief goods lined up to pass through flooded roads, heading to the storm's center. The small hands of schoolchildren gave their meals to those in need.
Boxes of noodles and packages of cakes become noble gestures during flood season
On the fanpage of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (https://www.facebook.com/mttqvietnam), immediately after posting information about receiving support for people in the provinces and cities in the North affected by floods, thousands of comments and shares were sent to people in the localities affected by storms and floods. Volunteers called on every Vietnamese to unite with one heart to support compatriots facing difficulties and misfortunes.
Warmth of love for compatriots across the country
According to initial statistics from the Central Relief Committee, within less than 10 minutes of officially opening for receiving donations, the account addresses of the Central Relief Committee - Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front received more than 1,000 money transfer messages with a donation amount of nearly 2 billion VND.
Many people, units and businesses in the Central provinces are actively responding to the donation movement to support people in the disaster-stricken areas of the North with specific actions.
Essential goods are gathered into large trucks to bring to people in the North.
In Thanh Hoa, people in Nong Cong district joined hands to donate, support funds, package 700 banh chung, hundreds of boxes of instant noodles and milk to send to people in the flood-hit areas in the North. They shared that, after reading information about the damage caused by storm No. 3 in the northern provinces, people in Ngoc Cham village launched a campaign to call for support in the spirit of "mutual love, mutual support".
Everyone volunteered and was ready for the North.
Our country's spirit of mutual love is clearly demonstrated.
Lang Son people also called for donations and support for flood victims in localities in the province. Through information on social networking sites, many necessities have been gathered to transport to the flooded areas. "0 dong" trucks full of love from Lang Son people entered the flood areas despite the rainy and windy weather. The support and sharing from kind-hearted people at this time will be a great motivation, helping people to cope with rain, floods and inundation safely, thereby overcoming difficulties, quickly stabilizing their lives and restoring production.
“Zero-dong” truck trips full of love
Also in the past few days, many people and volunteer clubs in Da Nang City have gathered to cook banh chung and banh tet to transport to the North, sending love to people in difficult flood areas. In Son Tra District, the atmosphere of wrapping banh chung by people on An Hai Dong 1 Street took place urgently. Without anyone telling anyone, each person had a job, some prepared dong leaves, some cleaned sticky rice, etc., then together wrapped and cooked banh chung all night long.
Natural disasters are inevitable. Any country in the world, no matter how rich or civilized, is faced with the challenge of natural disasters. However, the solidarity of fellow countrymen in times of difficulty is a great spiritual strength, encouraging people, comforting people, connecting people.
