Ho Chi Minh City issues urgent dispatch

The Ho Chi Minh City Steering Committee for Civil Defense - Natural Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue requested localities and units to closely monitor the development of the tropical depression that is likely to strengthen into a storm in order to proactively deploy appropriate plans.

The Ho Chi Minh City Steering Committee for Civil Defense - Natural Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue has just sent an urgent dispatch to localities and units to proactively deploy measures to prevent and respond to tropical depressions, high tides combined with heavy rain in mid-September 2024.

Accordingly, localities and units are requested to closely monitor the developments of the tropical depression that is likely to strengthen into a storm in order to proactively deploy plans and measures for prevention and response.

It is forecasted that in the coming days, Ho Chi Minh City will have heavy rain, causing flooding in low-lying areas, along rivers and canals.

The People's Committee of Thu Duc City and districts are requested to proactively organize inspections and reviews of embankments, sluices, and critical tide-prevention gates and prepare materials (melaleuca piles, canvas, sacks of soil, sand, etc.) to promptly handle and reinforce critical embankments.

The Ho Chi Minh City Steering Committee for Civil Defense - Natural Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue emphasized that there should be no situation of dyke breakage, overflow, or incidents of tide control sluice gates causing flooding that affects people's lives, activities and production.

Southern Irrigation Exploitation Company Limited is requested to base on the weather situation in the basin, the lake water level, the flow to the lake and the tide level on the Saigon River and heavy rain in Ho Chi Minh City to coordinate and propose units in operating Dau Tieng reservoir to ensure the safety of the project and reduce flooding downstream, avoiding the unfavorable combination of high tides, heavy rain combined with flood discharge.

The Ho Chi Minh City Steering Committee for Civil Defense - Natural Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue also requested the People's Committees of District 12, Hoc Mon District and Cu Chi District to prepare forces, materials and equipment to promptly handle any incidents that may occur in the bid packages of the Saigon River Right Bank Project within the management area.

The Department of Transport, the Department of Construction, the City Irrigation Service Management and Exploitation One Member Co., Ltd. and the City Urban Drainage One Member Co., Ltd. coordinate with the People's Committee of Thu Duc City and districts to prepare forces, means and equipment to promptly handle the locations of embankments, tide control sluices and critical diversion channels.

In addition, effectively operate sluice gates, tide control sluices, and pumping stations; coordinate with the City Police to arrange mobile water pumps to promptly overcome flooding caused by high tides combined with heavy rain.

Investors of traffic, urban infrastructure, and irrigation projects are requested to proactively organize inspections to promptly detect and immediately handle weak locations of dikes, embankments, embankments, culverts, and diversion channels within the scope of the unit's project packages.

Propose that the City Police direct the Traffic Police force to coordinate with the City Youth Volunteer Force to organize mobile forces to regulate traffic in key areas flooded by high tides combined with heavy rain.

The Southern Hydrometeorological Station forecasts that from the evening of September 17 to the evening of September 19, Ho Chi Minh City will have moderate to heavy rain. The total rainfall will be 30-70mm, with some places having over 80mm. According to this unit, the heavy rain in Ho Chi Minh City is likely to last until around September 19 and 20.

"Thunderstorms may cause tornadoes, lightning and strong gusts of wind. Beware of heavy rain causing flooding in low-lying areas, along rivers and canals," the agency added.

According to Lao Dong

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