PM orders urgent measures against Storm Noru

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 26 ordered ministries, sectors and localities to brace against Storm Noru, a strong storm that has entered the East Sea and is likely to hit central localities of Vietnam.
PM orders urgent measures against Storm Noru ảnh 1Typhoon Noru enters the East Sea in the small hours of September 26 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinhon September 26 ordered ministries, sectors and localities to brace against Storm Noru, a strong storm that has entered the East Sea and is likely to hit central localities of Vietnam.

They must keep a closewatch on the developments of the storm and promptly implement directions fromcentral agencies, while guiding vessels to seek safe shelter and supportingfarmers to protect their aquatic farms.

Along with ensuring safety for reservoirs and dams, it iscrucial to evacuate people in areas with high risks of landslides, the PM stressed.
According to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorology Forecasting, Typhoon Noru entered the EastSea in the small hours of September 26, becoming the fourth hitting the area,boasting winds of up to 149km per hour.

As of 4am on September 26, the storm centred at the west of Luzonisland in the Philippines, about 810km from Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel)archipelago.

In the next 24 hours, it is forecast to move west-northwesttowards the East Sea with a speed of 20-25km per hour. As of 4am on September 27,its eye is predicted to be 410 kilometers east of Hoang Sa, with win velocity of134-149km per hour.

In the following 24-48 hours, the storm will continue tomove west at a speed of 20-25km per hour and gain more strength. As of earlymorning on September 28, the eye of the storm is likely to be around 170km eastof Da Nang-Binh Dinh mainland, with strongest winds of 166km per hour.

In the following 48-72 hours, Storm Noru will make a landfall in the central region before weakening into a low pressure, which isforecast to move westwards.

PM orders urgent measures against Storm Noru ảnh 2 Localities from Nghe An to Binh Dinh have guide 57,800 vessels to seek safe shelters (Photo: VNA)
Due to impacts of the storm, from September 26, waters in the south of the northern part of the East Sea will be extremely rough with 8-10m waves. Torrential rains of 150-300mm are forecast in central area of the the central region andthe north of Central Highlands region within September 27-28. National disasterrisks at Levels 3-4 have been alerted in regional localities.

In response to the storm, the Ministry of Health has sent a dispatch to coastalcities and provinces from Quang Ninh to Binh Thuan and its agencies in northernand central regions, asking them to apply measures to stand ready to providehealthcare services to victims of torrential rains and flooding and preventthe interruption of treatment activities.

They were asked to maintain measures to prevent and controlCOVID-19 as well as dengue fever at the same time.

On September 25, Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh chaireda meeting to discuss measures to respond to the storm, during which he asked theNational Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, theNational Committee for Natural Disaster Response and Search and Rescue as wellas ministries and sectors to intermediately establish working groups to direct storm responding activities in affected localities.

Vietnam Meteorological and Hydrological Administration GeneralDirector Tran Hong Thai said that Da Nang city and Quang Nam, Quang Ngai and Binh Dinhprovinces are likely to be hardest hit by the storm, with natural disaster riskat Level 4.

Meanwhile, Pham Duc Luan, deputy head of the Standing Boardof the National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, said that localities from Nghe An to Binh Dinh have guide 57,800 vessels toseek safe shelters, and called back 739 vessels operating at sea.

Localities from Quang Binh to Binh Thuan have built plans to evacuate 214,000households with more than 868,000 people to safer places./.
VNA

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