Storm Kajiki ravaged Nghe An - Ha Tinh for many hours

Since yesterday afternoon, August 25, storm Kajiki (storm number 5) has made landfall in Nghe An - Ha Tinh, with strong winds of level 8-10, gusts of level 11-12. The storm has been ravaging this area for 7 hours until last night, causing much damage, killing 1 person and blowing off the roofs of more than 600 houses.

Strong winds in front of Formosa Ha Tinh Factory (Vung Ang Ward, Ha Tinh) - Photo: TRUONG TRUNG

Because storm Kajiki raged in the area for many hours, local officials and people were on high alert to prevent the storm from early morning on August 25 until late at night.

Endure heavy rain and strong wind for a long time

According to Tuoi Tre's records, as of the evening of August 25, heavy rain and strong winds continued in the southern region of Ha Tinh.

In the afternoon and noon of the same day, this area suffered strong winds causing a lot of damage. In Vung Ang ward, some roadside signs were blown away, and the welcome gate was damaged. In Hoanh Son ward, many trees on the road were uprooted and fell.

In Nghe An , even before the storm made landfall, delegations of Nghe An provincial leaders returned to localities to directly direct response work, evacuating people in areas at risk of flash floods, inundation, and old apartment buildings and collective housing to public places, schools, and large hotels to ensure safety.

Due to the storm, from the afternoon to the evening of August 25, in Cua Lo ward and many wards in Vinh city (old), there were strong gusts of wind and heavy rain. Waves combined with high tides caused many roads in Cua Lo beach to be flooded.

A series of trees along Binh Minh Street were blown down by the wind. "After the storm in 2017, our people have just seen a storm as strong as storm No. 5, so everyone is worried and preparing necessities in case they are cut off due to flooding for many days," said Mr. Tran Van Thanh (48 years old, living in Cua Lo ward).

In addition to coastal localities, mountainous communes in the west of Nghe An province also proactively evacuated people in areas at risk of landslides and flash floods to village cultural houses and schools.

Most of these communes suffered heavy damage due to floods from storm No. 3 in late July. At evacuation sites, local authorities have arranged enough food for people to survive during the days of isolation due to floods.

Leaders of Nhon Mai commune (Nghe An) visited people on the night of August 25 - Photo: NM

1 person died

At a meeting on storm response chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha at 6:30 p.m. on August 25, Ha Tinh Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Duy Lam said that storm Kajiki had been ravaging the Ha Tinh area for a long time, with very strong gusts of wind and prolonged heavy rain. By the evening of July 25, Ha Tinh province had to continue to evacuate 20,000 households at risk of being affected by the storm.

Regarding the damage, Mr. Lam said that one person died due to repairing a collapsed roof, and five people were injured. 144 houses were flooded, 621 houses had their roofs blown off, and several schools were flooded. Regarding agriculture, more than 13,000 hectares of rice and 611 hectares of crops were flooded and damaged.

The province had 60/69 communes without power, with severe damage to the electrical system, antennas and cable poles. Mr. Pham Viet Thang - Deputy Director of Ha Tinh Electricity Company - said the cause of the widespread power outage was due to the impact of the storm leading to a power line failure.

Nghe An province's leaders informed through a quick report that in the province, some trees were broken and the roofs of some houses were damaged, but no one was injured because they had been evacuated and no major damage was recorded.

Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Doan Anh also said that Thanh Hoa City (old), coastal communes and Cua Dat Lake area have had heavy rain but the reservoirs are still safe. Water levels on rivers have risen to alert level 1 to alert level 2.

Mr. Anh said the province has organized 8 working groups in 8 key areas, including 3 in mountainous areas and 5 in plain areas. At the same time, it continues to consolidate two forward command posts in the old Muong Lat, directly commanded by a vice chairman of the provincial People's Committee until the storm ends.

"The province has mobilized forces and means to evacuate people in areas at risk of flash floods and landslides in 21 mountainous communes in the old districts of Muong Lat, Quan Son, Quan Hoa, and Ba Thuoc," said Mr. Anh, adding that the province used 17 communication machines and provided all satellite phone SIM cards to ensure information in mountainous areas.

Regarding the damage, Mr. Anh said that a quick count showed that 9 houses had their roofs blown off, 2 schools had their walls collapsed due to fallen trees, and 101 hectares of rice were flooded.

Giai Lac Commune (Nghe An Province) sent forces to put up danger warning signs on flooded roads - Photo: KHANG HOA

Focus on early remedy of consequences

Concluding the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha emphasized that according to forecasts, storms in the mountainous areas of Thanh Hoa and Nghe An and rain in upper Laos will last until August 26.

Therefore, he suggested that Nghe An province assign a provincial leader to immediately go to the mountainous communes in the west of the province and establish a forward command post like in Thanh Hoa to maintain response direction.

He also emphasized that Nghe An province needs to have a plan to ensure information connection to villages, communes and wards to grasp information.

According to him, through reports of some localities having roofs blown off houses and schools, some places having flooded rice fields, the localities have proactively overcome the consequences. For example, when rice fields are flooded, the flooding must be promptly drained, and to drain the flooding, there must be electricity. Therefore, the Deputy Prime Minister requested EVN to immediately restore the power lines.

"Almost the entire Ha Tinh province has lost power. EVN must immediately send leaders to the locality to direct the repair, and the electricity companies of Ha Tinh, Nghe An, and Thanh Hoa provinces must work day and night to restore power as soon as possible," said the Deputy Prime Minister.

Mr. Ha requested that localities count the damage and focus on repairing it. If the army and police need help, they should propose to ensure temporary housing for people whose houses are damaged. At the same time, people must not lack food, hunger, water, or cold and must immediately deploy support for people to repair their houses.

"Especially for schools, now that the new school year is about to begin, localities need to make statistics, have immediate plans and mobilize forces to repair and fix things so that students can return to school on time," Mr. Ha emphasized.

Authorities evacuate people from the danger zone due to storm Kajiki in Vung Ang (Ha Tinh) - Photo: HA

Pregnant women are helped to give birth on time.

On the evening of August 25, while on a storm prevention mission, the police force of Vung Ang Ward, Ha Tinh Province received a request to help a pregnant woman give birth. The pregnant woman, Dinh Thi Tien (from Quang Tri Province), is a worker at a factory in the Vung Ang Economic Zone, staying at Long Son Residential Group, Vung Ang Ward.

Upon receiving the request for help, many police officers entered the boarding house area where the pregnant woman was about to give birth. At that time, it was raining heavily with wind, many soldiers braved the rain to shield the pregnant woman and helped her get into the car. After about 5 minutes, the pregnant woman and her family were escorted by two cars and one van to the hospital "mother and child safe".

Storm circulation causes heavy rain

Trees on National Highway 1 through Vung Ang Ward (Ha Tinh) fell in large numbers - Photo: LE TRUNG

Mr. Nguyen Van Huong, head of the weather forecasting department of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, said that due to the impact of the storm, on August 26, in the midlands and deltas of the North, Lao Cai, Son La and from Thanh Hoa to northern Quang Tri, there will be widespread heavy rain with common rainfall of 50 - 100mm, locally over 200mm in some places.

Particularly in Ninh Binh area, from Thanh Hoa to Ha Tinh, there will be heavy to very heavy rain with common rainfall of 100 - 200mm, locally over 400mm. Warning of risk of heavy rain over 150mm in three hours.

From today until August 28, there is a possibility of a flood on rivers from Thanh Hoa to Quang Tri. During this flood, the flood peak on small rivers, the upper reaches of Ca River (Nghe An), Ngan Sau River, Ngan Pho River (Ha Tinh), Gianh River (Quang Tri) will reach level 2 - 3, some places above level 3; Buoi River, the upper reaches of Ma River (Thanh Hoa), Kien Giang River, Thach Han River (Quang Tri) will reach level 1 - 2 and above level 2.

There is a high risk of flooding in low-lying areas along rivers, urban areas, densely populated areas, flash floods and landslides on steep slopes in mountainous areas of Lao Cai, Phu Tho provinces and provinces from Thanh Hoa to Quang Tri.

Low-lying area could strengthen into typhoon in Philippines

According to Mr. Nguyen Van Huong, on August 25, in the sea east of the Philippines, there is a low pressure area that is likely to strengthen into a tropical depression, then possibly strengthen into a storm and enter the East Sea.

The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting is monitoring the developments of this low-lying area to issue the earliest warning.

Prime Minister requests quick remedy of consequences

On August 25, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh sent a telegram to Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Tri, Hung Yen, Ninh Binh provinces and ministries, stating that there is a risk of prolonged heavy rain after storm Kajiki. Therefore, the provinces and ministries continue to focus on leading, directing, and drastically implementing emergency response measures to storms and floods with the spirit of proactive response at the highest level.

Be ready to deploy the fastest disaster recovery work right after storms and floods to ensure the activities to celebrate the 80th anniversary of National Day September 2 and the opening of the new school year are safe, joyful and warm for the people.

In which, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Tri provinces proactively relocate people, review and immediately deploy evacuation work in areas at risk of flash floods, landslides, deep flooding, rapid water flow, ensure food, essential goods reserves, electricity, and uninterrupted communication waves from villages, communes, wards to the provincial level; direct the safe operation of hydroelectric and irrigation dams; arrange vehicles and equipment to be ready to deploy rescue when there is a situation...

The Prime Minister also requested to ensure the safety of the dam and mobilize helicopters to support the relocation and evacuation of residents when requested.

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