Storm Matmo weakens, heavy rain in large areas of the North and Thanh Hoa, based on the situation, students are allowed to stay home

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has just signed Official Dispatch No. 188 requesting ministries, branches and localities to proactively respond to the risk of rain, floods, flash floods and landslides caused by storm No. 11.

Many streets in Hanoi were flooded after heavy rain last week due to the circulation of storm Bualoi - Photo: PHAM TUAN

According to the telegram, the bulletin of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting informed that this morning, October 6, storm No. 11 entered the mainland of Guangxi province - China (near the Vietnam - China border area) and weakened into a tropical depression.

Widespread heavy rain, flash flood warning, landslides

However, the circulation of storm No. 11 is forecast to cause heavy rain and possible thunderstorms on October 6 and 7. In the mountainous and midland areas of the North, rainfall will generally be 100-200mm, with some places experiencing very heavy rain up to over 300mm (especially at risk of heavy rain over 150mm in 3 hours); in the Northern Delta and Thanh Hoa , there will be moderate to heavy rain with rainfall generally being 50-150mm, with some places experiencing very heavy rain over 200mm.

This is a heavy rain right after the recent days of prolonged heavy rain due to the influence of storm No. 10, many places have saturated soil, rivers, lakes and dams are full of water, there is a very high risk of continued major floods on small rivers and streams and upstream, flash floods, landslides in mountainous areas and midlands of the North, North Central, inundation in urban areas and low-lying areas.

To ensure the safety of people's lives and limit property damage, the Prime Minister requested the Chairmen of the provinces and cities in the Northern region and Thanh Hoa not to be negligent or subjective, and to continue to strictly implement the direction of the Politburo and the Prime Minister's Official Dispatch No. 186.

It is necessary to focus on closely monitoring, regularly updating and continuously implementing the situation, promptly, effectively and synchronously implementing measures to prevent, combat and respond to floods, flash floods, landslides. Carefully check each residential area and each roof, promptly support people to evacuate from dangerous areas.

Chairmen of provinces and cities in the midland and mountainous regions direct and mobilize forces (disaster prevention and control forces at the grassroots level, police, army, functional forces, militia, youth, etc.) to synchronously and resolutely deploy measures to ensure the safety of people's lives and limit property damage caused by flash floods, landslides, etc.

In particular, based on the actual situation and forecast of local floods, it is possible to study for students not to go to school but to study online if necessary to ensure the safety of students above all.

Carefully check each residential area and each roof, promptly detect and proactively support households to evacuate from dangerous areas at risk of landslides, flash floods, and deep flooding during heavy rains.

Flood information to every citizen

By all means, promptly inform people about the flood situation in the area; propagate, guide and advise people to proactively limit travel and activities during floods; control and limit people and vehicles traveling on roads at risk of being unsafe during floods; arrange forces to strictly control, guide and support traffic through overflow tunnels and deeply flooded road sections.

The Head of Government also assigned the Chairmen of the People's Committees of provinces and cities to proactively monitor closely, operate and regulate to ensure the safety of dams and reservoirs, to prevent floods from overlapping floods or due to subjective factors; to deploy measures to ensure the safety of dikes; to promptly mobilize forces and means to prevent, combat and overcome incidents as soon as they occur.

At the same time, proactively arrange forces, vehicles, materials, food, provisions and necessary necessities in advance in key and vulnerable areas forecasted to be at risk of being isolated due to landslides and floods to be ready for rescue, relief, and support people to overcome the consequences according to the "four on-the-spot" motto.

Ministers of the Ministries of National Defense, Public Security, Agriculture and Environment and relevant ministries and branches proactively direct and mobilize military forces, police, and functional agencies to promptly coordinate and support localities and people in implementing flood prevention, response, search and rescue, and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters as quickly as possible.

The Minister of Agriculture and Environment directs to closely monitor developments, forecast, warn, and provide regular, timely, and most accurate information on the situation of rain, floods, flash floods, and landslides; proactively direct the implementation of response work to rain, floods, flash floods, and landslides, ensuring the safety of dykes, dams, and agricultural production.

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/bao-matmo-suy-yeu-mua-lon-dien-rong-bac-bo-va-thanh-hoa-can-cu-tinh-hinh-cho-hoc-sinh-nghi-20251006145905893.htm