Khanh Hoa: Minimizing storm damage thanks to proactive response measures

Due to proactive implementation of prevention and control measures, and the locality being less directly affected by storm No. 13, the damage after the storm in Khanh Hoa is determined to be insignificant. However, Khanh Hoa province is continuing to check, review and specifically count the damage caused by storm No. 13.

A large rock rolled down to the roadside, endangering traffic participants on the coastal road in Phuoc Dinh commune.

According to a quick report from the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Khanh Hoa province, on November 6, all localities in the province had rain, with some areas in the northern part of the province experiencing heavy to very heavy rain. However, the rain only lasted for a day and stopped quickly, so the damage after the storm was not great.

Mr. Nguyen Trong Chanh, Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Khanh Hoa province, shared that, through preliminary statistics, landslides on traffic routes did occur but were not large. Specifically, in the area of ​​​​Deo Luong Son (in Bac Nha Trang ward); Provincial Road 9 (in the direction of Cam Ranh - Khanh Son and vice versa) and coastal road 701 (section Phuoc Dinh - Ca Na) only minor landslides occurred. In areas of Tu Bong and Dai Lanh communes, some trees and electric poles were knocked down due to the storm.

Provincial authorities were on duty, promptly set up barriers and warned people not to move through the landslide area; at the same time, they are focusing on overcoming the damage.

Before the storm made landfall, Khanh Hoa province established many delegations to go directly to the grassroots, especially vulnerable areas, fishing ports, irrigation works, etc. to inspect and check the situation and give specific instructions on response, prevention and control of the storm.

Many large rocks hanging on high mountains can roll down at any time.

The evacuation of people in vulnerable areas has been urgently and seriously implemented by localities in the province. Accordingly, more than 2,900 households/2,652 people have been relocated to safe shelters.

According to the forecast, during the day and night of November 7, in Khanh Hoa, there will be generally changing clouds, sunny days, scattered showers and thunderstorms in the evening and at night. The total rainfall is forecast to be generally below 20mm, locally higher. Currently, the water levels of rivers in Khanh Hoa province are fluctuating and small floods are occurring below alert level 1. Particularly on the Dinh River (in Ninh Hoa) at the Ninh Hoa hydrological station, the flood level is rising rapidly but below alert level 3 by 0.24m.

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/thoi-su/khanh-hoa-giam-thieu-thiet-hai-do-bao-nho-chu-dong-cac-bien-phap-ung-pho-20251107122738785.htm