The Government has a meeting with localities on response to storm No. 3

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Khac Than gives a speech at the Hung Yen’s bridge point.

According to the report of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, on the afternoon of July 21, storm Wipha is forecast to enter the Gulf of Tonkin with an intensity of level 10-11, gusting to level 14. On July 22, the storm will make landfall, affecting 18 provinces and cities from Quang Ninh to Nghe An province. Due to the impact of the storm, from July 21 to July 23, the Northeast region, the Northern Delta, Thanh Hoa province and Nghe An province will have heavy to very heavy rain, with the rainfall ranging from 200-350mm, locally over 600mm.

A representative of the provincial hydrometeorological station reports on the situation of storm No. 3 at the Hung Yen bridge point.

At the conference, delegates heard reports on the storm's developments; the situation of ships, boats, aquaculture and agricultural production; the situation of reservoirs and dykes; the direction of the response to storm Wipha of the Government and ministries, branches and localities. At the same time, they discussed solutions to respond when storm Wipha makes landfall. In particular, focusing on the following contents: Arranging forces and means to be on standby, ensuring safety for people, means and property when the typhoon makes landfall; banning fishing boats, transport ships, tourism boats and evacuating people in cages, watchtowers for aquaculture along the coast, at sea and on islands; ensuring safety of sea dykes, river dykes, especially at vulnerable locations; flood prevention to protect agricultural production, urban areas and industrial zones; maintaining communication systems, ensuring power grids when there are storms and rains...

Delegates attend the conference at the Hung Yen’s bridge point.

In his speech at the conference, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha emphasized that storm Wipha is a very strong storm, moving quickly, with a very wide and dangerous range and intensity of impact on the sea and land. To proactively respond to the storm, ensure the safety of people's lives and property and the State, the Deputy Prime Minister requested sectors and localities to closely monitor the storm's developments; direct and deploy the work of counting, guiding and ensuring safety for ships, boats and vehicles operating at sea and along the coast to proactively escape from dangerous areas or return to safe shelters; implement a 24/24-hour duty regime, prepare forces and means to promptly rescue when it is required. To organize to review and prepare plans to evacuate households in dangerous areas, especially coastal areas, the areas at high risk of landslides, flash floods, and deep flooding to safe places; make plans to support temporary accommodation, food, necessities for people who have to evacuate, ensuring stable lives for people...

Immediately after the end of the conference, speaking at the Hung Yen provincial bridge point, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Khac Than requested departments, branches, and localities of the province to closely monitor the developments of storm Wipha, focus on prevention and control work, and minimize damage to people and property caused by the storm. In particular, urgently review and improve the activities of the steering committee for natural disaster prevention and control and search and rescue at all levels; assign specific tasks to each member based on the viewpoint of closely following the locality and providing timely direction. To timely inform about the natural disaster situation and the response direction of functional agencies; strengthen propaganda, dissemination, and guidance on measures and skills to respond to storms, rain, floods, and inundation for people. To urgently count and notify vehicle owners, captains of ships and boats operating at sea of the location, direction and developments of the storm to proactively prevent and avoid; promptly handle bad situations that may occur. To review and relocate aquaculture workers, fishermen on fishing vessels anchored in the area, and people living in dangerous areas. To check and review plans to protect key embankments, culverts, and works under construction on dikes, especially river estuaries and sea dykes. Units exploiting and operating irrigation works urgently drain water in the irrigational system, to prevent heavy rains from causing flooding for rice, crops, industrial parks and urban areas. The People's Committees of communes and wards direct functional units to urgently clear the flow, thoroughly drain water on the fields to protect production; be ready to activate pumping stations to pump out water when it is requested. To maintain communication and command in the leadership and direction of natural disaster prevention and control. To proactively cut and trim trees, ensure the safety of telecommunications systems and power grids. Provincial police and provincial military command are ready to deploy forces to support localities and people in storm prevention and dike protection.