Prime Minister: Timely handle issues related to people's lives after the storm

Speaking at the opening of an online conference with 26 provinces and cities, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that Typhoon Yagi had been raging on land for more than a day, causing serious consequences.

Prime Minister chairs conference on overcoming consequences after storm

The storm circulation will continue to cause heavy rain and flooding, especially in the northern mountainous provinces. This conference aims to assess the situation, forecasting, propaganda, mobilization, information provision to the people, implementation of “4 on-site”; response work at both central and local levels.

The conference also aims to assess the consequences, analyze and share lessons learned; measures to overcome the consequences in the shortest possible time and long-term, strategic measures.

The Prime Minister requested immediate review and support for damaged localities and families with fatalities. At this time, people are suffering losses, so we must discuss with a spirit of urgency; continue to immediately implement storm recovery work; promptly handle issues related to people's lives, production, business, and response to landslides and subsidence.

According to the report of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, storm No. 3 (international name Yagi ) is a very special storm, formed east of the Philippines but strengthened into a super typhoon in the East Sea and is the strongest storm in the East Sea in the past 30 years.

The strongest wind near the storm center is level 16, gusting to level 17; when making landfall in Quang Ninh - Hai Phong, the strongest wind is level 13-14, gusting to level 16-17. Regarding initial damage (updated to 7:00 a.m. on September 8), due to darkness, big waves, strong winds, and power and communication outages, localities have not been able to make accurate statistics.

Preliminary reports show that 3,279 houses were damaged; 401 electric poles were broken; many shops, offices, and schools had their roofs blown off or were damaged; many advertising signs and telecommunication poles were broken; urban trees were uprooted or broken.

Regarding agriculture, 121,500 hectares of rice and crops were flooded and damaged (concentrated in Thai Binh: 76,345 hectares; Hai Phong: 6,750 hectares; Hai Duong: 11,200 hectares; Bac Ninh: 11,009 hectares; Hanoi: 6,218 hectares; Nam Dinh: 2,800 hectares; Hung Yen: 11,923 hectares; Ha Nam: 7,418 hectares...); 5,027 hectares of fruit trees were damaged (concentrated in Hai Phong: 1,000 hectares; Thai Binh: 1,385 hectares, Hung Yen 1,818 hectares...); over 1,000 aquaculture cages were damaged and swept away (mainly in Quang Ninh).

Post-storm circulation will cause heavy rain

According to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the circulation after storm No. 3 will cause heavy rain. This is a storm that increases rapidly in intensity (in 24 hours, the storm intensity increases by 8 levels) and maintains the super typhoon level for a long time. When it makes landfall in the east of Hainan Island (China), it still maintains the super typhoon level. It is the strongest storm in the past 30 years in the East Sea.

The level of degradation along the way does not follow the usual rules. Normally, when passing Hainan Island (China) into the Gulf of Tonkin, storms often weaken quickly, but with storm No. 3, the intensity did not decrease quickly, when approaching the coast of Quang Ninh - Hai Phong, it still maintained the intensity of level 12 - 13.

Fallen trees litter the Van Quan urban area, Ha Dong district, Hanoi

The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting predicts that from September 8 to 9, the circulation after storm No. 3 will cause heavy rain for the entire plains, midlands and mountainous areas of the north, with an average 24-hour rainfall of up to 100-150 mm, and in some places over 200 mm.

There is a high risk of flooding on rivers and streams and flash floods and landslides in some localities, especially small rivers in Quang Ninh, Lang Son, Cao Bang, and Hoa Binh where flooding may reach alert level 2 to alert level 3.

There is a high risk of flooding in urban areas, cities and provinces in the Northern Delta region due to heavy rain, especially in the provinces of Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Lang Son, Thai Nguyen, Cao Bang, Ha Giang, Yen Bai, Bac Kan, Nam Dinh, Thai Binh, Ha Nam, and Hanoi.

High risk of flash floods, landslides in the following provinces: Quang Ninh (12 districts/towns), Lang Son (11 districts), Bac Kan (6 districts), Thai Nguyen (9 districts), Bac Giang (8 districts), Vinh Phuc (5 districts), Hoa Binh (11 districts), Phu Tho (9 districts), Tuyen Quang (6 districts), Yen Bai (9 districts), Son La (8 districts), Lai Chau (3 districts), Lao Cai (4 districts), Thanh Hoa (10 districts).

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