Localities urgently prepare plans to prevent and combat storm No. 11.

Photo caption — Co To Border Guards call on ships to return to safe storm shelters. Photo: Thu Bau/VNA

Co To Border Guard Station has organized storm warning flares, and at the same time intensified propaganda work, calling on fishermen and boat owners to urgently move to safe shelters. The authorities regularly inform about the location, direction and intensity of the storm, instructing people to secure their houses and anchor their boats according to regulations.

Mr. Le Van Tuan, Zone 4, Co To Special Zone ( Quang Ninh Province) shared that his family has more than 20 fish cages, the family has proactively tied them up and anchored them firmly to minimize damage. At the same time, the Border Guard and the government have also propagated and encouraged the family to take shelter from the storm and not stay in the cages when the storm comes. The family also received support and help from soldiers to tie up the cages and watchtowers.

Up to now, Co To special zone has called for a total of 544 vehicles, including 468 motorized ships and boats and 76 non-motorized rafts, to take shelter in safe places. Local authorities also directed relevant units to fully prepare response plans and rescue vehicles, ensuring readiness to handle any bad situations that may arise. 100% of accommodation establishments with tourists staying are aware of the storm situation so that tourists can proactively plan their movements to the mainland. Currently, there are 124 tourists on the island, including 11 foreigners.

In the entire Special Zone, after checking, 52 houses at risk of being unsafe (old, weak, houses with corrugated iron roofs) have been supported with reinforcement with steel wire, rope and sandbags; 12 villages and areas have had evacuation plans according to specific instructions and requirements according to the storm's developments.

Members of the Special Zone Civil Defense Command; Border Guard stations and villages and zones must have a firm grasp of their assigned areas; ensure readiness to respond to storms according to the 4-on-the-spot principle (on-the-spot command, on-the-spot forces, on-the-spot supplies and on-the-spot logistics); propagate to people and fishermen to continue to closely monitor storm forecasts and warnings, absolutely not be subjective, and strictly follow the instructions of competent authorities to ensure safety of life and property.

In Mong Cai 1 ward (Quang Ninh province), storm prevention and control work was also urgently and seriously deployed. In the ward, there are 517 ships, boats and water vehicles of all kinds (including: 17 fishing boats; 200 passenger and cargo ships and boats; 300 other types of water vehicles (rafts, iron boats) operating on rivers and coastal areas). The owners of the ships and boats have grasped information on the developments and movement of the storm, proactively going to anchorage and taking shelter safely.

The total number of aquaculture households at sea is 129 households, 363 rafts. Aquaculture households at sea have been informed by local authorities about the storm's developments and movement, requested to brace and reinforce the rafts and asked people on the rafts to gradually move to shore.

Over 800 hectares of agricultural production area of households, including about 500 hectares of seasonal rice area and about 300 hectares of various vegetables. The People's Committee of Mong Cai 1 Ward has directed the Ward Chiefs to propagate and mobilize people to harvest the rice and vegetable areas that are ready for harvest with the motto "green house is better than old field" to minimize damage caused by storms.

Currently, in Mong Cai 1 ward, there are 175 weak and unstable houses with 800 people (including 25 elderly people; 88 children). The ward People's Committee has developed a plan to relocate to cultural houses; schools; and households with adjacent solid houses.

* In Hai Phong : Bach Long Vi Island, at 8:00 a.m. the same day, the West Northwest wind was level 5, gusting to level 7, cloudy, no rain. The entire island has proactively deployed storm prevention and control measures. According to the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue of the special zone, there are currently a total of 124 vessels operating and anchored in the island area. Of these, 50 vessels have been lifted ashore to safely avoid the storm, 28 vessels with 84 workers are anchored in the harbor, and 46 vessels are operating offshore, mainly fishing vessels and transport vessels 10-40 nautical miles from the island. The authorities are continuously monitoring, calling on, and guiding fishermen to safe storm shelters.

Mr. Dao Minh Dong, Chairman of the People's Committee of the special zone, said that the People's Committee of the special zone has activated two command posts on duty 24/24, mobilizing the Border Guard, Police, militia and people to prepare vehicles, supplies, food and medicine. Agencies, units and households on the island are instructed to reinforce houses, protect warehouses, livestock and crops, and prepare plans to evacuate people from vulnerable areas to the multi-purpose gymnasium in case of emergency. The special zone police ensure security and order, protect people's property, especially vehicles brought ashore. Propaganda about storm MATMO is broadcast continuously on the radio system of the special zone and the Border Guard station.

Throughout Hai Phong city, storm prevention work has been deployed synchronously and drastically. According to the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Hai Phong, the city's dike system has 43 routes with a total length of 790.1 km, including 75 key locations. All dike management departments have mobilized 160 full-time officers and organized 1,104 people to participate in patrolling and guarding at 276 dike points. The city has issued Notice No. 634/TB-BCH on banning some activities in estuary and coastal areas; Official Dispatch No. 10/CD-UBND and Notice No. 558/TB-VP to comprehensively direct the response to storm No. 11.

As of 9:00 a.m. on October 5, the Hai Phong Border Guard had counted and notified 1,603 vessels with 4,488 workers of the storm's developments so that they could proactively avoid it. Of these, 45 vessels with 272 workers were still operating at sea, while 1,558 vessels with more than 4,200 workers were safely anchored at the port; no vessels were in the danger zone. In addition, the entire city also had 171 aquatic cages with 233 workers and 3 watchtowers with 6 people that had also been notified and instructed to avoid the storm.

Preparations by departments and branches have also been comprehensively deployed. The Department of Construction has reviewed 164 old and degraded apartment buildings, including 88 grade D buildings with 2,647 households; requiring localities to be ready to relocate residents when necessary. More than 10,800 urban trees have been trimmed, 16,000 trees have been braced to ensure safety.

The electricity sector checks the power system and prepares backup generators for key facilities. The Department of Industry and Trade directs businesses to stockpile essential goods, food, and drinking water to stabilize the market during and after the storm. The health sector arranges personnel, vehicles, and medicines to be ready to provide emergency care and evacuate patients when necessary.

Vice Chairman of Hai Phong City People's Committee Tran Van Quan requested coastal and island localities to maintain strict duty, absolutely not be subjective; continue to call on ships to leave dangerous areas, ensuring the safety of people, tourists and property. Armed forces were assigned to prepare rescue, relief and emergency response plans if the storm caused major impacts.

* In Lao Cai : After suffering heavy damage from storm No. 10, Lao Cai province continues to face the risk of storm No. 11. In order to minimize damage caused by natural disasters, the Chairman of Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee has just issued a telegram requesting departments, branches and localities to urgently deploy response measures, resolutely ensuring the safety of people's lives and property.

Specifically, the Chairman of Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee requested heads of departments, branches, member agencies of the Provincial Civil Defense Command, Chairmen of People's Committees of communes and wards, according to their assigned functions, tasks and authority, to direct and organize the implementation of timely and effective measures, not to be passive or surprised in responding to natural disasters; especially the risk of floods, landslides, flash floods, localized flooding; absolutely not to be subjective or negligent to ensure safety of life, minimize damage to property of the people and the State.

Chairmen of People's Committees of communes and wards direct regular, complete and timely updates on storm and weather developments to inform people to proactively respond to ensure safety; propagate and guide people and businesses on response measures and skills, especially flash floods, inundation and landslides.

Urgently focus on overcoming landslides on rural roads affected by storm No. 10, ensuring smooth traffic in the area; direct the temporary gathering of machinery and equipment serving to overcome the consequences of natural disasters caused by storm No. 10 in a safe place; prepare enough fuel and oil to be ready to respond to natural disasters in the area according to the motto "Four on-the-spot" to promptly approach and deploy rescue as soon as a bad situation occurs.

The Department of Agriculture and Environment of the province closely monitors the situation of heavy rain, proactively coordinates with relevant departments, branches and localities to promptly inspect and proactively take measures to ensure the safety of irrigation reservoirs and downstream areas, especially small, vulnerable reservoirs under construction to protect agricultural production, aquaculture and fisheries exploitation; promptly reports and proposes to the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee on issues beyond its authority.

The Provincial Department of Industry and Trade directs investors of hydropower plants to deploy operations to ensure the safety of reservoirs, especially emergency flood discharge; in which, proactively release some water in the reservoir to ensure the safety of the project and the downstream area when floods come (especially pay attention to checking and supervising the implementation of Thac Ba hydropower plant according to the direction of the Provincial People's Committee Chairman); carry out inspections of work to ensure the safety of mines, lakes, sludge dams, mineral exploitation and the power grid system.

The Department of Construction directs and coordinates with localities to deploy work to ensure and guide traffic at underground tunnels, spillways, and deeply flooded areas; arranges forces, materials, and means to promptly handle incidents and ensure smooth traffic on main traffic routes. Directs the temporary gathering of machinery and equipment serving to overcome the consequences of natural disasters caused by storm No. 10 in safe places, and fully prepares gasoline and oil fuel to ensure readiness to mobilize to respond when natural disasters occur.

Previously, affected by the circulation of storm No. 10, the water level of Thac Ba Lake, Lao Cai province reached 57.49m, the water flow to the lake was about 782 m3/s, the downstream water level was 25.42m.

To lower the lake water level and ensure the safety of the project, increase the flood prevention capacity to respond to storm No. 11, Thac Ba Hydropower Joint Stock Company increased the flood regulation flow through the spillway of the hydropower project to 962 m3/s, the flow through the generator to 290 m3/s, the total water discharge to the downstream from 1,252 m3/s. The downstream water level is expected to increase by 2-3m compared to before the water discharge. The implementation time is from 8:00 on October 4 to before 17:00 on October 5 to gradually bring the upstream water level below the elevation of 57m.

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