In his dispatch, the PM asked ministries, agencies, and localities to give top priority to ensuring the safety of life and property (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ordered theCentral Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control and relevantministries, agencies, and localities to keep a close watch on and outlinepreventive measures against storm Molave, which entered the East Sea on October26.
As of 10 am on October 26, Molave, which is numbered 9th in Vietnamthis year, was some 620 km east-northeast of Song Tu Tay Island, with winds ofup to 135 km/h, according to the National Centre for Hydro-MeteorologicalForecasting.
It is expected that by 10 am on October 28, the storm’s eye will be right over watersclose to the coastline from Da Nang city south to Phu Yen province, with winds inthe eye reaching 100-135 km/h and gust of up to 167-183km per hour.
After making landfall in the central region, the storm will weaken to atropical low-pressure system.
Heavy rains will blanket central localities fromOctober 27 to 29, according to the centre.
In his dispatch, the PM asked ministries, agencies, and localities to give toppriority to ensuring the safety of life and property.
Efforts should be taken to evacuate residents and vehicles from dangerousareas. Ships should not go out to sea.
Localities were requested to outline plans regarding food, medicine, andessential items for areas prone to flooding. Human resources, vehicles, andequipment must be ready for emergencies.
The National Committee for Disaster Response and Search and Rescue, the Ministryof Defence, and the Ministry of Public Security must stand ready to supportlocalities to evacuate local people and carry out search and rescue operations.Meanwhile, Vietnam Television, Voice of Vietnam, and media agencies have been orderedto improve communications work to raise public awareness about the storm./.
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