The thunderstorms and tornadoes on the night of May 2 and the morning of May 3 affected agricultural production areas in Yen Dinh district. It is estimated that about 8 to 10% of the total cultivated area was affected in terms of productivity and output, mainly rice and corn plants that were in the preparation period for harvest were fallen, broken, and flooded ...

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Tung, Vice Chairman of the District People's Committee, together with the working delegation and leaders of Dinh Tien commune inspected the situation and encouraged people to overcome the impact on rice plants.

On the morning of May 4, leaders of Yen Dinh district and two working groups of the district directly inspected the situation, grasped the situation, and directed the recovery work caused by thunderstorms and tornadoes in the communes of Dinh and Yen regions.

The district inspection team directly went to the fields, directing units to urgently implement solutions to help people overcome the effects of thunderstorms and tornadoes.

Through on-site inspections in many communes and towns in the district, especially in key areas for growing rice and crops, including the communes of Dinh Hoa, Dinh Tien, Dinh Tan, Dinh Hung, Dinh Tang, Dinh Lien, Yen Thinh..., comrade Nguyen Xuan Tung, Vice Chairman of the District People's Committee, directed units to urgently implement solutions to overcome the affected rice and crop areas. For rice plants that have fallen, crushed, broken, or flooded..., propagate, mobilize, and encourage people to go to the fields early to organize rice bundles into clumps, drain the water on the surface of the fields to prevent the rice from being flooded; quickly harvest the area of ​​ripe rice of about 80% or more. For corn that is about to be harvested, specifically inspect, urgently harvest the affected area due to falling, breaking, and contact livestock facilities to purchase for farmers. For other vegetables, drain the water if flooded, and actively take care of the plants to restore them. Regarding irrigation, the district has directed Nam Song Ma Company Limited and agricultural service cooperatives to drain water, especially in flooded areas recovering after production; drainage pumping stations urgently drain water into Cau Chay River and Ma River so that plants are not flooded...

Farmers in key rice growing areas in Dinh Hoa, Dinh Tien, Dinh Tan, Dinh Hung communes and affected communes urgently bundled rice into clumps, drained water...

On the morning of May 4, affected communes and towns mobilized local human resources and encouraged people to overcome the consequences caused by thunderstorms and tornadoes as quickly and promptly as possible to reduce losses in productivity and output, soon restore production, take care of crops, and stabilize life.

It is known that on May 3, the District People's Committee issued Official Dispatch No. 04/CD-UBND on focusing on overcoming the consequences caused by storms and heavy rains. Accordingly, the comrades in charge of the District Party Committee Standing Committee and members of the committee directly went to the grassroots to direct communes and towns to overcome and promptly report difficulties so that the district could give close and timely instructions; increased inspection and field visits, guided people on solutions to prevent, combat, and care for crops after heavy rains and storms... thereby significantly reducing damage and risks to spring-summer crops.

Le Ha