Storm No. 6 causes very heavy rain, localities need to proactively respond

Storm expected to enter Central Vietnam

According to Director of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Mai Van Khiem, around noon today (October 26), storm No. 6 continued to increase slightly, reaching its strongest intensity of level 11 - 12, gusting to level 15 in the waters of the Hoang Sa archipelago.

As of 1pm tomorrow (October 27), the storm will be located in the western part of the Hoang Sa archipelago, about 180km from Quang Tri - Quang Ngai. The storm is estimated to be at level 10 - 11, with gusts of level 14.

Early morning of October 28, the storm may change direction to East Southeast in the sea off the Central Central Coast with intensity of level 10, gusting to level 12; then move to the East and continue to weaken.

“This is a storm with a wide circulation, so the area causing rain is also very large, from 500 - 600km. This storm has changed a lot since its formation and is forecast to enter the Central region…” - Mr. Mai Van Khiem added.

In response to the developments of storm No. 6, the Border Guard Command has directed the coastal border guards to focus on counting and guiding 67,212 vehicles/307,822 people to know the developments and direction of the storm, including 35 ships/184 people (Quang Ngai) operating in the North East Sea and Hoang Sa archipelago. Currently, there are no vehicles in the danger zone.

Risk of urban flooding

According to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Hoang Hiep, storm No. 6 is forecast to make landfall in the Central region, and will linger over the sea and land for a long time. At the same time, rainfall will be very high, from 500 - 700mm, with the risk of widespread flooding in urban areas like in 2020.

“Cities that have experienced flooding need to come up with plans to relocate valuable assets to higher ground. Coastal provinces also need to pay special attention to coastal erosion due to long wave residence times and waves hitting the shore at 45-50 degrees, with a high possibility of major coastal erosion,” Deputy Minister Nguyen Hoang Hiep warned.

Reinforcing roofs to cope with storm No. 6 in Quang Nam.

Regarding the risk of landslides, Deputy Minister Nguyen Hoang Hiep suggested that localities expand screening using flycams to not only check cracks but also locations where communities live along rivers and streams.

Regarding the use of flycams, Colonel Pham Hai Chau - Deputy Director of the Department of Rescue and Relief (Ministry of National Defense) said that, from experience in responding to the recent storm Yagi, the Ministry of National Defense used 4 flycams to fly and check in Ha Giang and discovered 6 cracks.

"To respond to this storm No. 6, we recommend that localities and local government staff units review risks and proactively review landslide locations," added Colonel Pham Hai Chau.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan emphasized that in order to cope with storm 6, ministries, branches and localities need to proactively propose specific response situations and scenarios in the spirit of "no regrets", in order to limit damage to property and people's lives.

“Coastal provinces, eastern and western slopes all have mountains. Therefore, we need to learn from Typhoon Yagi when we were worried about relative safety at sea but unexpectedly had a big impact on the mountain slopes…” - Minister Le Minh Hoan assessed.

In the coming hours, Minister Le Minh Hoan requested localities to continue reviewing and implementing measures to ensure safety for tourism, aquaculture and seafood exploitation activities at sea; resolutely evacuate people on cages and aquaculture huts to safe places.

“The central coastal provinces and cities should disseminate information to the people as fully as possible. Avoid storm number 3, the forecast is very close but people are still subjective. In addition, it is necessary to study a longer sea ban because this is a storm with big waves, with the possibility of coming in and then going out…” - Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Hoang Hiep .

Source: https://kinhtedothi.vn/bao-so-6-gay-mua-rat-lon-cac-dia-phuong-can-chu-dong-ung-pho.html