Lam Dong Provincial People's Committee directs localities to proactively respond to natural disasters

On the morning of September 7, Vice Chairman of Lam Dong Provincial People's Committee Le Trong Yen issued a document requesting the Provincial Civil Defense Command, People's Committees of communes, wards, and Phu Quy special zone to proactively respond to heavy rain, flooding, flash floods, and landslides.

Dragon fruit garden flooded due to flood at night

Accordingly, the Provincial People's Committee requested departments, branches, sectors, People's Committees of communes and wards of Phu Quy special zone to closely monitor the bulletin on tropical depression, forecast and warn of heavy rain, risk of floods, inundation, flash floods, landslides. Thereby, timely and complete information for people to proactively prevent. Deploy shock forces to inspect and review coastal residential areas, streams, low-lying areas, at risk of floods, flash floods, landslides.

The aim is to proactively deploy response measures and minimize damage, especially in areas that have experienced heavy rain in recent days.

The Provincial People's Committee also requested the Provincial Civil Defense Command and localities to review and make full and accurate statistics of the damage caused by natural disasters in the recent past in the area. Timely use the budget reserve and local resources to proactively implement policies to support the affected subjects, especially the poor, disadvantaged households, policy families, and vulnerable subjects in accordance with regulations. Prepare forces and means to deploy rescue work when requested.

Bridge damaged by flood

The Provincial People's Committee requested the Department of Agriculture and Environment to organize shifts and monitor weather and natural disaster developments; take the lead in monitoring and urging departments, branches, sectors and localities to proactively implement natural disaster prevention, control and recovery. At the same time, summarize the damage caused by natural disasters in the province...

As reported, by the evening of September 6, the Department of Agriculture and Environment recorded that many communes in the province were affected by floods on the evening of September 5 and the morning of September 6. Up to this point, Lam Dong estimated the damage at about 13.4 billion VND, 1 person died due to being swept away by floodwaters.

Source: https://baolamdong.vn/ubnd-tinh-lam-dong-chi-dao-cac-dia-phuong-chu-dong-ung-pho-thien-tai-390395.html