Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has asked central coastallocalities to take urgent measures in preparation for Typhoon Wutip,which is forecast to reach land in the afternoon of September 30.
Chairing an urgent meeting of the Central Steering Committee forFlood and Storm Prevention and Control in Hanoi on September 29,Deputy PM Hai requested that all localities evacuate residents fromhigh-risk areas before 10 am on September 30.
Healso urged measures to minimise the impact of the storm on industrialand socio-cultural facilities and houses as well as called forinspections of reservoirs.
The central localities must continue mobilising forces to help people harvest the summer-autumn rice crop, he said.
The same day, the Prime Minister sent an official dispatch asking thechairmen of provincial and municipal People’s Committees to closelycoordinate with relevant ministries and agencies to take drastic andsynchronous measures to reduce property damages and loss of human lifewhen the typhoon makes landfall.
According to theNational Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting, by 1:00 pm onSeptember 29, Wutip, the tenth tropical storm over the East Sea thisyear, was centred at 16.7 degrees latitude north and 111.7 degreeslongitude east in the area of Hoang Sa archipelago, packing maximumwinds of between 134 and 149 km per hour.
In thenext 12-24 hours, the typhoon, which is assessed to be the strongesthitting central Vietnam since 2006, will continue to move west at15-20 km per hours.
It is forecast to strikeVietnam’s central coast by 1:00 pm on September 30, with maximum windsof between 118 and 149 km per hour, bringing heavy rain and whirlwindsto provinces between Binh Thuan and Ca Mau while creating rough swellsin northern parts of the East Sea.-VNA
Chairing an urgent meeting of the Central Steering Committee forFlood and Storm Prevention and Control in Hanoi on September 29,Deputy PM Hai requested that all localities evacuate residents fromhigh-risk areas before 10 am on September 30.
Healso urged measures to minimise the impact of the storm on industrialand socio-cultural facilities and houses as well as called forinspections of reservoirs.
The central localities must continue mobilising forces to help people harvest the summer-autumn rice crop, he said.
The same day, the Prime Minister sent an official dispatch asking thechairmen of provincial and municipal People’s Committees to closelycoordinate with relevant ministries and agencies to take drastic andsynchronous measures to reduce property damages and loss of human lifewhen the typhoon makes landfall.
According to theNational Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting, by 1:00 pm onSeptember 29, Wutip, the tenth tropical storm over the East Sea thisyear, was centred at 16.7 degrees latitude north and 111.7 degreeslongitude east in the area of Hoang Sa archipelago, packing maximumwinds of between 134 and 149 km per hour.
In thenext 12-24 hours, the typhoon, which is assessed to be the strongesthitting central Vietnam since 2006, will continue to move west at15-20 km per hours.
It is forecast to strikeVietnam’s central coast by 1:00 pm on September 30, with maximum windsof between 118 and 149 km per hour, bringing heavy rain and whirlwindsto provinces between Binh Thuan and Ca Mau while creating rough swellsin northern parts of the East Sea.-VNA
