Northern Coastal localities including Hai Phong, Quang Ninh, Thai Binhand Nam Dinh have made necessary preparations to cope with tropicalstorm Kujira which is forecast to hit Quang Ninh province mostheavily.
People’s Committees of the localities have banned shipstravelling out to sea and asked vessels already offshore to findshelters. Farmers have also been asked to leave aquaculture areas andmove to land.
Quang Ninh’s authorities implemented a series ofmeasures to ensure traffic safety along local waterways, spillways androads which are likely to be submerged. Households in flood- andlandslide-prone areas were evacuated to higher ground.
The provincial leaders supervised the implementation of measures to deal with the typhoon.
Nam Dinh province called on 2,000 ships and boats to anchor in safetyby 10 am on June 24. Local owners of aquaculture farming areas wereprovided with updated information on the storm.
Thai Binhauthorities have moved more than 3,136 people working in aquaculturecultivation areas at sea in Tien Hai and Thai Thuy districts to saferplaces, and ordered the swift evacuation of households living outsidelocal dykes to other zones.
The storm brought heavy rains to inner Hai Phong city, injuring one and sinking two ships anchored in Bach Long Vy port.
According to the National Centre for Hydrometereological Forecasting,at 11:00 am on June 24, the typhoon Kujira was 20.5 degrees northand 106.9 degrees east. Wind speeds near the centre were up to 65-90kilometres per hour.
Within 12 next hours, thestorm is forecast to move west-northwest with winds between 5-10kilometres per hour, then weakening into a tropical low pressure.
Itwill bring gales in coastal areas in the Gulf of Tonkin and heavy rainsand flash floods to mountainous areas of the northeast provinces fromThanh Hoa to Ha Tinh.
Floods are also forecast forrivers in the Hong-Thai Binh system between June 24-26 and in provincesfrom Thanh Hoa to Ha Tinh.
The standing office forthe Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention andControl asked the Steering Committees for Disaster Prevention as well asSearch and Rescue of the provinces of Quang Ninh, Lang Son, Cao Bang,Bac Can, Bac Giang, Thai Nguyen, Phu Tho, Vinh Phuc, Thanh Hoa, Nghe Anand Ha Tinh to implement measures in response to rains and floods causedby the storm.-VNA
People’s Committees of the localities have banned shipstravelling out to sea and asked vessels already offshore to findshelters. Farmers have also been asked to leave aquaculture areas andmove to land.
Quang Ninh’s authorities implemented a series ofmeasures to ensure traffic safety along local waterways, spillways androads which are likely to be submerged. Households in flood- andlandslide-prone areas were evacuated to higher ground.
The provincial leaders supervised the implementation of measures to deal with the typhoon.
Nam Dinh province called on 2,000 ships and boats to anchor in safetyby 10 am on June 24. Local owners of aquaculture farming areas wereprovided with updated information on the storm.
Thai Binhauthorities have moved more than 3,136 people working in aquaculturecultivation areas at sea in Tien Hai and Thai Thuy districts to saferplaces, and ordered the swift evacuation of households living outsidelocal dykes to other zones.
The storm brought heavy rains to inner Hai Phong city, injuring one and sinking two ships anchored in Bach Long Vy port.
According to the National Centre for Hydrometereological Forecasting,at 11:00 am on June 24, the typhoon Kujira was 20.5 degrees northand 106.9 degrees east. Wind speeds near the centre were up to 65-90kilometres per hour.
Within 12 next hours, thestorm is forecast to move west-northwest with winds between 5-10kilometres per hour, then weakening into a tropical low pressure.
Itwill bring gales in coastal areas in the Gulf of Tonkin and heavy rainsand flash floods to mountainous areas of the northeast provinces fromThanh Hoa to Ha Tinh.
Floods are also forecast forrivers in the Hong-Thai Binh system between June 24-26 and in provincesfrom Thanh Hoa to Ha Tinh.
The standing office forthe Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention andControl asked the Steering Committees for Disaster Prevention as well asSearch and Rescue of the provinces of Quang Ninh, Lang Son, Cao Bang,Bac Can, Bac Giang, Thai Nguyen, Phu Tho, Vinh Phuc, Thanh Hoa, Nghe Anand Ha Tinh to implement measures in response to rains and floods causedby the storm.-VNA
