According to information from the People's Committee of Bac Ninh province, on September 15, the flood level on the Cau River had dropped below alert level 3, while the Thai Binh River had dropped below alert level 2.

Therefore, the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue of Bac Ninh province issued a telegram to withdraw the level 3 warning orders on Cau River and level 2 warning orders on Thai Binh River.

However, the Command still requires relevant sectors, units and local command boards such as Tien Du, Yen Phong, Que Vo, Bac Ninh to continue to send people to patrol and guard the dike to promptly handle incidents, especially the construction system on the left and right dikes of Duong.

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Bac Ninh withdraws alert number 3 on Cau River.

Also on September 15, Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, Secretary of the Bac Ninh Provincial Party Committee, sent a letter of thanks to the armed forces, agencies, businesses and people for their active contributions to the prevention and overcoming of the consequences of storm No. 3.

In the letter, Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan emphasized: "Storm No. 3 is not only the strongest storm in the East Sea in the past 30 years, but also the storm with record wind speed since the beginning of 2024. The storm has caused serious damage to many northern provinces, of which Bac Ninh is one of the localities most directly and severely affected."

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Secretary of Bac Ninh Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Anh Tuan (standing 3rd from left) and provincial leaders visited and encouraged people to overcome the consequences of natural disasters.

The letter also stated: "Thanks to the good implementation of the "4 on-site" motto, many critical situations have been promptly responded to, such as: Cracks on the left and right banks of Ngu Huyen Khe River, Yen Phong District and Tien Du District; participating in handling the incident of a broken right bank of Ngu Huyen Khe River in Duc Tu Commune, Dong Anh District, Hanoi City.

In addition, there were incidents of water overflowing the Cau River dike, the leakage of the Van Thai Pumping Station's discharge tank, Luong Tai District... Up to now, in the province, there have been no human casualties, no major incidents in traffic infrastructure, dikes, irrigation works and other works affecting production, people's lives and industrial parks.

On behalf of the leaders of Bac Ninh province, Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan sincerely thanked the attention and timely direction of the Central Party Committee, the Government and the wholehearted efforts of the entire political system, the strength of the armed forces; the experience, responsibility and consensus of the people...

"I would like to sincerely thank the valuable assistance of other provinces and cities, philanthropists and the business community for their timely support, sharing and encouragement to the people of Bac Ninh province. With the goal of urgently stabilizing people's lives, I hope that all levels and sectors will continue to implement the fastest and most effective plans and solutions to overcome the consequences of storm No. 3...", the Secretary of the Bac Ninh Provincial Party Committee wrote in the letter.

The letter from the Secretary of the Bac Ninh Provincial Party Committee also called on the military, police, youth union members, members of socio-political organizations, the business community and the people to continue to support human resources and means to overcome the consequences of storms and floods. Thereby, ensuring the return of people's lives and labor, production and business to normal.

Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan expressed: "Through storms and floods, we have learned from experience, strengthened our capacity to respond to natural disasters, united, gained more experience in leadership, management, overcoming the consequences of storms and floods, and accelerated to reach the finish line - ensuring the completion of the socio-economic development plan in 2024 - a year of efforts to complete the targets of the Resolution of the 20th Provincial Party Congress, term 2020-2025...".

Bac Ninh suffered about 1,000 billion VND in damage after storm Yagi
According to the report on overcoming the consequences of floods after storm Yagi (storm No. 3) of the People's Committee of Bac Ninh province, the province had to evacuate over 650 households with over 2,700 people whose houses were flooded, at risk of flooding in Bac Ninh city and Gia Binh, Tien Du, and Yen Phong districts.

It is estimated that Bac Ninh suffered about 1,000 billion VND in damage to infrastructure, agricultural production, dykes and irrigation.