According to the Prime Minister document signed by Deputy Prime Minister (PM) Trinh Dinh Dung on October 16, local and central agencies, and localities were asked to make all-out effort to deal with typhoon Sarika.
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung chaired a teleconference on October 16 with the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, the National Committee for Search and Rescue, and authorities from 22 localities from the northern port city of Hai Phong to the central province of Quang Binh on preparations for the typhoon.
The Deputy PM required municipal and provincial people’s committees to keep a close watch on the movement of the storm and informed vehicles operating at sea to stay away from the area of danger and take shelter.
Deputy PM Dung asked the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting to regularly update the typhoon’s movement to support proactive preparations.
Ministries and localities should be ready with prepared response activities, he noted.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong, who heads the Steering Committee, said Sarika is powerful with unpredictable developments.
If it moves as forecast, Sarika will be the late and off-season storm hitting the northern region, the minister said, warning that complex situations would possibly happen as the northern central region is still tackling the consequences of torrential rains and severe floods.
Typhoon Sarika passed Luzon Island of the Philippines and entered the East Sea on the morning of October 16.
At 8am of the day, the centre of Sarika was on the western coast of Luzon Island with the strongest winds in the eyewall of 150-165km per hour, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
In the next 24 hours, the storm is predicted to move west-northwest and then westwards at a speed of 20-25km per hour.
At 7am of October 17, its eye is expected at about 16.7 degrees north latitude and 114.6 degrees east longitude, about 250km east of Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago. Sarika can keep sustaining winds of up to 150-165km per hour.
Northern central provinces are making utmost efforts to deal with severe floods that have led to widespread damage over the last few days.
The standing board of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control held a meeting on October 16 to direct flood response in the region.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Hoang Van Thang, who is also deputy head of the committee’s standing board, asked the affected localities to keep a close watch on the rainfall and flood situation, expeditiously search for the missing and repair roads, and evacuate people in areas prone to flash flood and landslides.
Heavy rains and floods in the region, including Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue, have claimed 15 lives and injured 18 people while nine others went missing.
In the face of the serious flood damage, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Red Cross Society has decided to provide initial emergency relief worth 1.97 billion VND (over 88,600 USD) in cash and goods for Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh and Quang Tri.
Deputy PM Trinh Dinh Dung led a delegation to Quang Binh to steer response activities.
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The Deputy PM required municipal and provincial people’s committees to keep a close watch on the movement of the storm and informed vehicles operating at sea to stay away from the area of danger and take shelter.
Deputy PM Dung asked the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting to regularly update the typhoon’s movement to support proactive preparations.
Ministries and localities should be ready with prepared response activities, he noted.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong, who heads the Steering Committee, said Sarika is powerful with unpredictable developments.
If it moves as forecast, Sarika will be the late and off-season storm hitting the northern region, the minister said, warning that complex situations would possibly happen as the northern central region is still tackling the consequences of torrential rains and severe floods.
Typhoon Sarika passed Luzon Island of the Philippines and entered the East Sea on the morning of October 16.
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In the next 24 hours, the storm is predicted to move west-northwest and then westwards at a speed of 20-25km per hour.
At 7am of October 17, its eye is expected at about 16.7 degrees north latitude and 114.6 degrees east longitude, about 250km east of Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago. Sarika can keep sustaining winds of up to 150-165km per hour.
Northern central provinces are making utmost efforts to deal with severe floods that have led to widespread damage over the last few days.
The standing board of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control held a meeting on October 16 to direct flood response in the region.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Hoang Van Thang, who is also deputy head of the committee’s standing board, asked the affected localities to keep a close watch on the rainfall and flood situation, expeditiously search for the missing and repair roads, and evacuate people in areas prone to flash flood and landslides.
Goods were sent to people in the affected provinces of Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh and Quang Tri.
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In the face of the serious flood damage, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Red Cross Society has decided to provide initial emergency relief worth 1.97 billion VND (over 88,600 USD) in cash and goods for Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh and Quang Tri.
