The Binh Minh Coastal Commune (Thang Binh District, Quang Nam Province) has hundreds of homes that must be urgently relocated before Typhoon No. 9 strikes. In the days before the storm reached safety, some households that lived in an area near the sea took their properties to safe places to avoid storms.
Typhoon No. 9 hurricane blast level 17, moving very quickly inland
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Listening to the forecast of the devastating force of storm No. 9, greatly worries the coastal population of the province, looking for ways to prevent and control. In addition to fighting houses, many people have dug tunnels to avoid storms. Some even removed the sty, the family chicken coop to get the checkered stelae to be dug for the whole family to take refuge.
Digging a tunnel for his family to temporarily shelter, Pham Tuan (39, living in Binh Minh commune, Thang Binh district) said that because the house was degraded, to ensure the safety of relatives when he landed Storm No. 9 He and several family members made a tunnel with a depth of 1.6 meters and a width of about 3 meters so that 10 members of the family could temporarily avoid Storm No. 9.
“This is not the first time that people have dug storm shelters, but in the years leading up to news of severe storms, people often use these methods. Basically the storm shelter is pretty safe. Tunnel, the war is still difficult to break, much less the storms, ”said Tuan.
Men, women, old and young joined together to help push the boats ashore to avoid storms
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The cuts are placed in bags and then loaded into expensive sand blocking complexes in the tunnel.
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The storm bunkers are made up of sacks.
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Storm shelter number 9 people in the waters of Binh Minh commune dug up as temporary shelter.
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The sand is put into sacks.
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This is not the first time that people have dug storm shelters, but before that, hearing the big storms, people at sea created these solid tunnels.
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The winery is made up of sandbags.
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In hard times, people created tunnels like war.
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The storm-proof tunnel was created by the people from the coast.
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Mr. Pham Tuan is reprocessing the tunnel to ensure safety.
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On the way to the storm shelter of the people of Binh Minh commune.
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The storm-proof tunnel was 3m wide and 1.6m deep.
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Storm vault as a time of war.
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Iron columns are placed in the basement.
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Pull the tarp to cover the tunnel to avoid storm number 9.
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Storm No. 9: A close-up of the fishermen rushing to bring the boat to shore, after the last sea voyage.
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A forecasting expert from the Hydrometeorological Station of the South region commented that the construction of tunnels to avoid storms is a pretty good solution for people who cannot afford to go to permanent houses to avoid storms. He said that normally, when a storm hits, the wind blows very strongly, so going down to the shelter will ensure safety because it will prevent walls and trees from collapsing. After that, the storm circulation causes rain, people will go home and look for a higher place to avoid flooding.
“This is the popular experience of people in the old days when thatched roof houses were walled with bamboo walls, unable to cope with big storms, they dug tunnels to avoid gusts of wind. Typically a level 8 windstorm means we cannot step forward or backward, while this storm predicts a level 12 wind gust. And it should be noted that the storm shelter needs to be secure, not poorly reinforced. because there is the possibility of losing security when the storm hits ”, he emphasized.
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