The Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention andControl convened a meeting in Hanoi on November 28 to discuss urgentmeasures to cope with storm Sinlaku, the fourth to hit the East Seathis year, as it is heading towards the south central coast of Vietnam.
At 4pm on November 28, the storm was at 11.4degrees north latitude and 115.4 degrees east longitude, about 80 kmeast of Truong Sa archipelago’s Song Tu Tay island, packing winds of upto 88km per hour, Dang Thanh Mai, Deputy Director of the CentralHydro-Meteorological Forecasting Centre told the meeting.
It is forecast to directly hit the central provinces from BinhDinh to Khanh Hoa on the evening of November 29 and may cause coastalareas inundated in two or three metres of water since it will coincidewith tidal surges, she added.
Vu Van Tu, head of thecommittee’s office, said border guards in localities from Da Nangcity to Ca Mau and Kien Giang provinces worked with local authoritiesto inform 45,433 ships at sea with 237,390 crew members about the stormto take shelter.
Head of the committee Cao DucPhat, who is also the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development,asked the ministries and localities to guide vehicles, particularlythose working at the centre of the East Sea, how to escape from thedangerous area between the 10th and 15th latitudes.
He ordered Phu Yen, Binh Dinh, and Khanh Hoa provinces to ban shipsfrom going out to the sea on November 29. Meanwhile, people invulnerable areas are also urged to be evacuated.
Theofficial asked for examinations over reservoirs and anti-flood and-storm facilities while requesting neighbouring Central Highlandsprovinces to closely follow the storm’s movement and brace forflashfloods and landslides.-VNA
At 4pm on November 28, the storm was at 11.4degrees north latitude and 115.4 degrees east longitude, about 80 kmeast of Truong Sa archipelago’s Song Tu Tay island, packing winds of upto 88km per hour, Dang Thanh Mai, Deputy Director of the CentralHydro-Meteorological Forecasting Centre told the meeting.
It is forecast to directly hit the central provinces from BinhDinh to Khanh Hoa on the evening of November 29 and may cause coastalareas inundated in two or three metres of water since it will coincidewith tidal surges, she added.
Vu Van Tu, head of thecommittee’s office, said border guards in localities from Da Nangcity to Ca Mau and Kien Giang provinces worked with local authoritiesto inform 45,433 ships at sea with 237,390 crew members about the stormto take shelter.
Head of the committee Cao DucPhat, who is also the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development,asked the ministries and localities to guide vehicles, particularlythose working at the centre of the East Sea, how to escape from thedangerous area between the 10th and 15th latitudes.
He ordered Phu Yen, Binh Dinh, and Khanh Hoa provinces to ban shipsfrom going out to the sea on November 29. Meanwhile, people invulnerable areas are also urged to be evacuated.
Theofficial asked for examinations over reservoirs and anti-flood and-storm facilities while requesting neighbouring Central Highlandsprovinces to closely follow the storm’s movement and brace forflashfloods and landslides.-VNA
