As of Friday evening, the only road leading to Minh Chau Village in Quy Chau District had yet to be restored. A section of 10 metres on this road had been swept away by the flood on September 27, isolating nearly 30 households with over 100 residents.
A local man, Nguyen Quang Quyen, said that this was the only road to their homes so they have been isolated since.
“The floods rose so fast and strong that the road broke and was swept away," he said. "Many of our assets were also gone."
Chairman of Chau Hanh Commune People's Committee, Vi The Long, said that Minh Chau Village has over 70 households with nearly 300 people. The road damage has affected 26 households.
"We've had to transport necessities to affected people over the past few days," the official said. "We've also sent a team to check the road and build a plan to repair it."
The serious flooding triggered by heavy rains following a low tropical pressure has badly affected many northern and central provinces and cities between September 26-28, with Nghe An being the hardest hit.
Over 1,700 houses in the province had been flooded and over 830 households were isolated by the floods. Nearly 3,000 cattle and poultry have died and thousands of hectares of crops damaged in the floods.
