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People’s Committees of cities and provinces need to ensure safety of activities
at sea, coordinate with concerned forces to control the operation of vessels.
(Photo: VNA)
People’s Committees of cities and provinces need to ensure safety of activities
at sea, coordinate with concerned forces to control the operation of vessels,
and guide local residents to take preventive measures in order to protect crops,
houses and other facilities.
Human resources and equipment should be ready for the evacuation of people in
dangerous areas, with attention paid to COVID-19 prevention and control,
according to the notice.
The PM has warned of flash floods and landslides in mountainous areas after
heavy rains, saying measures are needed to ensure the safety of reservoirs,
especially important ones or those under construction.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will provide update
about the storm for people and relevant agencies.
The Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control will
inform vessels of dangerous areas, and instruct ministries, agencies and
localities in response efforts.
Specific tasks have also been assigned to other ministries and agencies in the
notice.
At 4 a.m. on September 17, storm Noul is forecast to be around 450 km to the
southeast of Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago, off the central coast,
with a maximum wind speed of 90 kph.
Weather forecasting centers in Japan, Hong Kong and the Philippines, and
Tropical Storm Risk (TSR) - a leading forecaster and mapper of tropical storm
activity - predict the storm will keep strengthening until wind speeds reach
110-120 kph and head toward central Vietnam.
Storm Noul is the fifth formed this year in the East Sea. The fourth storm,
Higos, hit last month, making landfall in China.
Natural disasters like droughts, floods and landslides killed 133 people in
Vietnam last year and caused losses worth around 7 trillion VND (302.6 million
USD), according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
In the first half of this year they claimed 47 lives and caused losses worth 3.3
trillion VND.
The East Sea could see 11-13 storms and tropical depressions this year, half of
them affecting the country, meteorologists have warned.
Source: VNA
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