Heavy rains can cause floods, flash floods, landslides in mountainous areas and along rivers and streams.

The telegram requires localities to closely monitor the storm's developments; manage means of transport going out to sea; organize the counting of ships and boats; notify owners of means of transport and captains of ships and boats operating at sea of the location, direction of movement and developments of the storm so that they can proactively avoid, escape or not move into dangerous areas.

Dangerous areas in the next 24 hours from latitude 14.0-19.0 degrees North, east of longitude 118.0 degrees East; in the next 48 hours from latitude 15.0-21.0 degrees North, east of longitude 113.5 degrees East.

Localities need to be ready with forces and means for rescue when required. Media agencies from central to local levels should strengthen measures to inform authorities at all levels about the storm's developments so that people can proactively prevent and respond promptly and effectively.

The provincial Hydrometeorological Station also requested localities and people to proactively guard against dangerous extreme weather phenomena that often appear during thunderstorms such as: tornadoes, lightning, hail, local heavy rain and strong gusts of wind that can cause damage to people and property, and break trees and crops....

Heavy rains are likely to cause floods, flash floods, landslides in mountainous areas and along rivers and streams; flooding in low-lying areas and urban flooding in districts, towns and Hue City.

From November 18 to 24, due to the influence of cold air and the continuous strengthening of cold air, the tropical convergence zone connecting with storm MAN-YI (No. 9) and the increasingly strong high-altitude easterly wind disturbance, there is a possibility that another widespread heavy rain will appear in Thua Thien Hue province.

In addition, from November 18 to 24, it may cause strong winds on land, strong winds, big waves at sea, affecting sea traffic, fishing, aquaculture, seafood exploitation activities at sea and coastal areas of the province, causing coastal landslides, sea dykes and constructions that have been and are being built along the coast, causing sea erosion deep inland...

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