On November 27, the Ministry of National Defense issued an urgent dispatch on proactively preventing, avoiding, and responding to storm No. 15 (international name Koto).
Telegram sent to the General Staff, Military Regions 5 and 7; Army Corps 34; Air Defense - Air Force, Navy; Border Guard, Vietnam Coast Guard; Artillery - Missile Command; Armored Corps,...
The Ministry of National Defense requested the General Staff to direct agencies and units to learn from experience in organizing and implementing the prevention and overcoming of the consequences of storm No. 14 and recent floods; strictly maintain the on-duty regime, proactively monitor and grasp the storm's developments; deploy prevention and control measures to ensure the safety of barracks, warehouses, and construction works.
Units need to prepare forces and means to respond promptly and effectively when situations arise; ensure absolute safety of people and vehicles when performing tasks,...
The General Department of Logistics - Engineering, Defense Industry, and General Department II, according to their functions and tasks, shall strengthen direction, urge, and inspect subordinate units to do a good job of responding to storms and overcoming the consequences of floods and inundations in the Central provinces; ensure the safety of warehouses, factories, weapons and equipment; ensure good logistics and technology to serve the work of responding to natural disasters,...
Military Regions 5 and 7 directed the Military Commands of provinces and cities to proactively advise local Party committees and authorities to inspect and review response plans and options in accordance with reality; thoroughly promote "4 on-the-spot" with the motto of proactive prevention from early and from afar, coordinate with departments, branches and sectors to review and identify key areas of natural disasters,....
Helicopters deliver supplies to people in flooded areas in the South Central region (Photo: Le Tam).
At the same time, Military Regions 5 and 7 proactively worked with the government and people to reinforce houses; evacuate households in areas at high risk of landslides, flash floods, and deep flooding to safe places; ensure the safety of unfinished construction works, industrial parks, urban areas, residential areas, and production activities, and prevent unfortunate human losses due to carelessness and subjectivity.
The above military regions continue to mobilize forces and means to respond to and overcome the consequences of rain, floods and search and rescue.
The Border Guard Command directed the Border Guard Commands of coastal provinces and cities from Da Nang to Lam Dong to closely monitor the developments of storm No. 15; coordinate with local authorities and functional agencies to strictly manage vehicles,...
The Navy and Coast Guard directed their agencies and units to deploy safety measures and prepare forces and means for search and rescue when situations occur at sea or on islands.
The Air Defense - Air Force Service and the 18th Army Corps directed agencies and units under their authority to deploy safety measures; check and review plans, organize forces and vehicles to be ready to conduct air search and rescue flights when ordered by the Ministry of National Defense.
The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said that on the afternoon of November 27, the center of storm Koto was about 230km northwest of Song Tu Tay island.
The strongest wind near the storm center is level 12 (118-133km/h), gusting to level 15, moving west at a speed of 5-10km/h.
At 4:00 p.m. on November 28, in the western sea area of the central East Sea, about 260km northwest of Song Tu Tay Island, the intensity was level 11, gusting to level 14.
In the next 48-72 hours, storm Koto will move slowly in the western sea area of the central East Sea, moving about 3-5km per hour, gradually weakening in intensity.
Due to the influence of storm Koto, the central East Sea area (including the sea area north of Truong Sa special zone) has strong winds of level 7-9; the area near the storm's eye has strong winds of level 10-12, gusting to level 15; waves 4-6m high, the area near the storm's eye 7-9m; the sea is very rough.
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