7 provinces and cities banned the sea to avoid storms

The National Center for Meteorological and Hydrological Forecasting said that at 12 noon this afternoon, the center of the Noul storm was about 300 km southeast of the Hoang Sa archipelago. The strongest wind in the area near the center of the storm is level 10 (90-100 km / h), two levels increase. The danger zone in the East Sea in the next 24 hours (strong winds from level 6, shaking from level 8 or more) is latitude 11.5 to 18; west of the 116th meridian.

At the meeting to respond to the storm, Mr. Tran Quang Hoai, deputy director of the Central Steering Committee for the Prevention and Control of Natural Disasters, said that Thua Thien Hue, Da Nang, Quang Nam and three towns of the Nuol storm landed, banned sea last afternoon. This morning, adding Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Quang Ngai to ban the sea. People cannot go to the sea, fun activities and swimming must stop.

The Border Guard report showed that as of this morning more than 58,000 vehicles with 285,000 fishermen had been informed of the direction of the storm’s movement. Currently, the danger zone has 511 boats with more than 3,700 fishermen, mainly in Binh Dinh (246), Quang Ngai (145 boats), Quang Nam (89), Quang Binh (25). The border guards are in contact, instructing this number of ships to quickly escape the danger zone.

The storm is expected to occur between September 17 and 18, causing 200-300mm rainfall from Ha Tinh to Quang Ngai, in some places it rains 400mm. Currently, the irrigation and hydroelectric lakes in the area are close to the dead water level, the large lakes are only at 40% capacity, so water storage and flood cutting will be convenient. The flood forecast is highest in the rivers from Thanh Hoa to Quang Ngai at alarm level 1-2.

However, due to the narrow terrain, sloping towards the sea, the water rises and drains rapidly, the risk of flash floods and landslides is very great. On the other hand, the storms make landfall when the highest tide of the month is expected, so it is expected that in the northern and central coastal areas the waves will reach between 3 and 5 m in height, threatening the sea dikes. According to the Central Steering Committee for the Prevention and Control of Natural Disasters, the area from Thanh Hoa to Thua Thien Hue has 49 critical dikes that must be ready to guard against storms. 16 dams are being built.

To avoid the risk of level 10 wind storms (90-100 km / h), level 12 shock and flash floods, landslides, rising sea waves, Quang Binh to Da Nang provinces are planning to evacuate to almost 296,000 households with more than 1.1 million inhabitants. Mr. Hoai noted that the town did not evacuate people en masse but instead focused on dangerous areas.

Speaking at the meeting, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nguyen Xuan Cuong, called on the provinces of the affected areas outside the sea to consider the real situation and to consider leaving school for students. The border guards, the General Department of Fisheries reviewed and demanded that the boats in the affected area return to the port, not anchor at sea.

The mission led by Deputy Head of Office Nguyen Van Tien heads to Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien Hue provinces to monitor, coordinate and direct the response to the storms. Military Region 4, Military Region 5, Border Guard maintains 256,700 officers and soldiers, more than 2,610 vehicles of all kinds to be on guard. The Navy has arranged 6 search and rescue service boats.

Noul formed from an area of ​​low pressure in the Philippine Sea, then strengthened into a tropical depression and passed into the East Sea in the morning, intensifying into a storm, the fifth storm in the East Sea this year. The previous four storms were mild and did not cause much damage.

Tat dinh