All people living in areas vulnerable to Typhoon Nesat should beevacuated before the storm hits land in the northern region on Sept. 30,Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has said.
Hai chaired an urgent meeting with flood and storm search and rescue officials on
Sept. 29 afternoon in Hanoi to implement measures to cope with theapproaching typhoon and current flooding in the Mekong Delta.
Typhoon Nesat, the fifth major storm this year, is forecast to strikebetween the northern provinces of Quang Ninh and Ninh Binh on Sept. 30with wind speeds expected to reach 117km/h, said deputy director of theNational Hydro-meteorological Forecasting Centre Le Thanh Hai.
Hai said the typhoon was forecast to weaken to low pressure when itreaches the mainland, but warned it would bring strong winds, rough seasand heavy rains in the northern and central provinces from Sept. 29evening.
Sea water is forecast to rise to 3-5m high and rains in the northern region, including Hanoi , will reach 150-300mm.
Meanwhile, a cold spell is forecast to hit the northern region also onSept. 30 with the temperature in Hanoi dropping to 20-21 degreeCelsius, Hai added.
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Haihas instructed the National Steering Committee for Flood and StormPrevention and Control to set up three missions to monitor stormprevention efforts at Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Thai Binh and Nam Dinhprovinces and another mission to check flood control work in the MekongDelta region.
Provinces from Quang Ninh to Nghe An areinstructed to ban vessels from operating offshore and urge localauthorities to prepare houses, mines, ports and construction projectsahead of the storm.
Local authorities in these provinceshave actively taken measures to cope with the flood and prepared rescueforces and vehicles, and the border guard reported more than 39,700vessels with over 179,000 people on board have been directed to anchorin safe areas./.
Hai chaired an urgent meeting with flood and storm search and rescue officials on
Sept. 29 afternoon in Hanoi to implement measures to cope with theapproaching typhoon and current flooding in the Mekong Delta.
Typhoon Nesat, the fifth major storm this year, is forecast to strikebetween the northern provinces of Quang Ninh and Ninh Binh on Sept. 30with wind speeds expected to reach 117km/h, said deputy director of theNational Hydro-meteorological Forecasting Centre Le Thanh Hai.
Hai said the typhoon was forecast to weaken to low pressure when itreaches the mainland, but warned it would bring strong winds, rough seasand heavy rains in the northern and central provinces from Sept. 29evening.
Sea water is forecast to rise to 3-5m high and rains in the northern region, including Hanoi , will reach 150-300mm.
Meanwhile, a cold spell is forecast to hit the northern region also onSept. 30 with the temperature in Hanoi dropping to 20-21 degreeCelsius, Hai added.
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Haihas instructed the National Steering Committee for Flood and StormPrevention and Control to set up three missions to monitor stormprevention efforts at Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Thai Binh and Nam Dinhprovinces and another mission to check flood control work in the MekongDelta region.
Provinces from Quang Ninh to Nghe An areinstructed to ban vessels from operating offshore and urge localauthorities to prepare houses, mines, ports and construction projectsahead of the storm.
Local authorities in these provinceshave actively taken measures to cope with the flood and prepared rescueforces and vehicles, and the border guard reported more than 39,700vessels with over 179,000 people on board have been directed to anchorin safe areas./.
