The North Central Coast is the hottest in 50 years, nearly 26,000ha of rice are drought

That is the data presented at the conference 'Strengthening response to drought, water shortage, saline intrusion and disaster prevention in the North Central region' organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Vinh City. , Nghệ An on July 22.

The fields in Hung Yen Bac commune, Hung Nguyen district, Nghe An drought due to prolonged hot weather

According to a report from the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment), from May to now, there are 6 heat waves from Northern Central Vietnam, the duration of each period is 5-7 days, with periods up to 14 days. .

The highest temperature actually measured during the hot spells is from 38-40 degrees, some places are over 40 degrees, Ha Tinh station alone maintains the temperature above 35 degrees for 26 consecutive days (from June 18 to July 13). .

This is considered to be the longest heat wave in history in the data series from 1971 to the present, some places have the highest temperature exceeding historical values ​​such as Do Luong (Nghe An), Dong Hoi (Quang Bình), Hà Tĩnh.

Regarding rainfall, only in May and June 2020, total rainfall in the month is much short of 50-80%, some places in June-2020 there is almost no rain like Ha Tinh and Quang Binh.

Little rainfall and prolonged hot weather make the capacity of most reservoirs lower than the designed capacity. In provinces from Thanh Hoa to Thua Thien Hue, there has been drought and water shortage with the affected area of ​​25,970ha.

Hua Na hydropower lake bed, Que Phong district, Nghe An province dried up due to prolonged hot weather

Currently, about 46,600 households in the North Central provinces are facing difficulties in running water, of which Quang Tri is the province with the highest number of affected households (about 30,000 households). Drought, hot weather have also caused 48 forest fires, affecting nearly 194ha of forest.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong emphasized that the cause of drought in the North Central provinces is that there is no rain for a long time, the flow is depleted by 20-30%, the heat is hot , the lake is very difficult on water.

Mr. Cuong asked the whole region to study carefully to effectively regulate the volume of water still in the reservoirs; focusing forced pumping with all kinds of capacity to support 26,000 ha of drought; Apply alternating irrigation.

Particularly for the summer-autumn crop, Mr. Cuong suggested thoroughly grasping the motto "Green house is better than old man". In addition, the whole region still has 46,600 households lacking water, so it is necessary to implement water supply solutions so that no households lack water for domestic use.

"Particularly in the field of agriculture, try to select varieties of plants and animals adapted to the conditions of least water consumption, along with applying scientific and technological measures to use water reasonably. ", Mr. Cuong stressed.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/bac-trung-bo-nong-nhat-50-nam-gan-26-000-hecta-lua-bi-han-20200722155433846.htm