Rising from nothing after Typhoon Yagi
With the remaining 30 cages, his family gathered the healthy fish and put them in a cell to take care of them. The 5-7 kg fish died on the surface of Van Don water. For the past three days, Mr. Duong and the workers have been unable to collect them all. He doesn't know what to do with the others. It's heartbreaking to throw them away, but keeping them probably won't survive, and no one will buy them when they're brought to the market.
Mr. Pham Van Duong's family in Van Don is scooping up dead fish and collecting live fish on September 10. Photo: Phan Duong
Hon Co is located between two mountain ravines and is one of the key aquaculture sites in Van Don. This place is home to more than 30 households raising fish in cages and oysters. After Typhoon Yagi, the whole area was almost wiped out. The cages were destroyed, it is not clear whether they sank into the sea or drifted away. The few remaining on the water surface were broken, the nets were torn, and the fish died.
Mr. Duong's family raised 300 oysters, which were lost in the storm. More than 270 grouper cages, many of which had been raised for 3-5 years and were ready to be harvested, were lost 90%. A cement ship 6 meters wide and 32 meters long, so sturdy, was also swept away by the storm, where it is unknown. The total damage was about 35 billion VND.
Pick up the pieces, try to rebuild from scratch. I can't give up this job, he sighed and said.
Mr. Hung, 57 years old, collects what is still usable on the afternoon of September 10, after Typhoon Yagi swept away all his property. Photo: Vu Van Huong
On September 7, when Typhoon Yagi made landfall, Mr. Vu Van Hung, 57 years old, braved the danger and stayed behind to guard his property. But the storm was so strong that it has never been seen in 40 years that he now has no place to hide.
In the fury of the sea, at times he thought he had become fish food . Waves 5-7 meters high crashed up and down, destroying the most solid boats. Mr. Hung managed to cling to a few buoys, drifting on the dark sea, the waves just waiting to swallow him up. Then he crawled into the kitchen of a neighbor's raft.
Drifting with the kitchen for about 6 nautical miles, this fisherman got caught in a windy strait in Cua Ong, Cam Pha. Luckily, there was gas and food in the kitchen, so he was able to hold out until the Van Don authorities came by canoe to rescue him, 20 hours later.
Although he is from Quang Yen district, Mr. Hung and his wife have been making a living in Van Don for decades. At first, he went fishing, then saved up and borrowed money to raise fish in cages. The couple has not yet recovered after two years of Covid-19, and now Typhoon Yagi has hit. All of their fish cages worth about 4 billion VND, which they planned to sell at the end of the year, have now disappeared into thin air. Mr. Hung, 57 years old, collects what is still usable on the afternoon of September 10, after Typhoon Yagi swept away all his property. Photo: Vu Van Huong
On September 7, when Typhoon Yagi made landfall, Mr. Vu Van Hung, 57 years old, braved the danger and stayed behind to guard his property. But the storm was so strong that it has never been seen in 40 years that he now has no place to hide.
In the fury of the sea, at times he thought he had become fish food . Waves 5-7 meters high crashed up and down, destroying the most solid boats. Mr. Hung managed to cling to a few buoys, drifting on the dark sea, the waves just waiting to swallow him up. Then he crawled into the kitchen of a neighbor's raft.
Drifting with the kitchen for about 6 nautical miles, this fisherman got caught in a windy strait in Cua Ong, Cam Pha. Luckily, there was gas and food in the kitchen, so he was able to hold out until the Van Don authorities came by canoe to rescue him, 20 hours later.
Although he is from Quang Yen district, Mr. Hung and his wife have been making a living in Van Don for decades. At first, he went fishing, then saved up and borrowed money to raise fish in cages. The couple has not yet recovered after two years of Covid-19, and now Typhoon Yagi has hit. All of their fish cages worth about 4 billion VND, which they planned to sell at the end of the year, have now disappeared into thin air.
The hope of paying off the debt and having savings to return home is now gone, he said.
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