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dam-l LS: Dyke Breach Causes Heavy Damage in Quang Tri
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> Dyke Breach Causes Heavy Damage in Quang Tri
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> Heavy rains from January 25-31 have broken ten dyke sections from Hai
> Tho, through Hai Thanh to Hai Duong in Hai Lang district, Quang Tri
> province.
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> The flood water swept away nearly 25,000 cubic metres of dyke earth.
> Three thousand hectares of newly grown rice have been submerged under
> water and 200 hectares have been completely destroyed. The water also
> ruined many rice seeds and winter-spring vegetables.
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> Hai Lang district has mobilised thousands of people to repair the
> broken sections and save the submerged rice by pumping the water out
> of the fields. The losses have been initially estimated at VND 3.5
> billion.
>
> Hai Lang district also suffered from the heavy flooding in November
> 1999. It has overcome most of the previous flood damage but this
> latest spate of bad weather has made the lives of the local people
> more difficult.
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