Proactively prevent storm number 1

(Baonghean.vn) - In response to the storm, Quynh Luu district, Hoang Mai town and a number of tourist beaches have proactively directed localities and Border Guard stations in the area to urgently call on vehicle owners to return to storm shelters to ensure safety for people and tourists.

Boats are gathering to take shelter from the storm at Lach Quen - Tien Thuy - Photo: Viet Hung.

Tien Thuy Commune, Quynh Luu District is the locality with the largest number of fishing vessels in the district with 313, of which offshore fishing vessels with a capacity of 90 CV or more are 161. To avoid storm No. 1 making landfall in the northern waters of the Gulf of Tonkin, many fishing vessels offshore have received information about the storm and returned to Lach Quen Port (Tien Thuy) to anchor safely this morning, June 23.

Ship owner Bui Ket (54 years old, in Quynh Nghia commune), owner of fishing boat NA 93613, and crew members were transporting seafood from the hold to the port after returning from the sea to avoid the storm. He said: "My fishing boat was fishing at latitude 19, longitude 106 degrees East when I heard on the radio that storm No. 1 was forming and would make landfall in the northern waters of the Gulf of Tonkin, our country. Hearing the news, I called using the walkie-talkie system to contact some fishing boats nearby to quickly pack up their nets and return to the mainland before the storm made landfall."

Ship owner Bui Ket is anchoring the ship at the dock. Photo: Viet Hung

Quynh Luu district currently has 1,214 vessels, including nearly 800 vessels with a capacity of 20 CV or more. As of the afternoon of June 23, nearly 900 vessels of fishermen in Quynh Luu district have returned to safe anchorage, some remaining vessels are on their way back and moving to avoid the storm in Cat Ba and Da Nang to ensure absolute safety before storm No. 1.

To proactively prevent storms, the Flood and Storm Prevention and Search and Rescue Command of Quynh Luu district coordinates with the Quynh Thuan Border Guard Station to regularly contact ships operating at sea to inform them of the storm's developments and direction so that they can proactively avoid it. At the same time, they check the anchoring positions of ships to avoid collisions that can damage the vehicles.

In Hoang Mai town, the authorities are urgently implementing the work of preventing storm No. 1. The whole town has 924 vessels, of which 398 have a capacity of 90 CV or more. After receiving information that storm No. 1 will make landfall in the northern Gulf of Tonkin and affect the northern provinces, causing heavy rain and strong winds, Hoang Mai town quickly directed coastal communes such as Quynh Lap, Quynh Phuong... to urgently call on owners of fishing boats offshore to return to the anchorage.

Therefore, as of this afternoon, June 23, people's boats and ships have safely anchored at Lach Con port, while the remaining nearly 200 vehicles are moving to avoid the storm in locations not affected by the storm.

Vice Chairman of Cua Lo Town People's Committee, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Duc, said: As a coastal tourist town, Cua Lo always focuses on natural disaster prevention and search and rescue. After receiving news that storm No. 1 was moving into the East Sea with wind gusts of level 10, the town's Natural Disaster Prevention Command Committee directed the People's Committees of wards and related units to announce on the ward's public address system and the beach public address system to warn people and tourists.

Members of the PCTT and TKCN Command Committee of the town are ready to directly go down to the base to direct. The Rescue and Disaster Prevention Center of the town is ready, when there is a ban on sea, it will be deployed immediately to ensure the safety of tourists. In addition, in the town, there are 272 fishing boats of fishermen working in the offshore area that have been promptly notified. By 7:30 this morning, 156 boats had returned to shore, other boats are also entering the dock.

The stalls at Cua Lo beach have neatly arranged their tables and chairs to proactively avoid the storm. Photo: Quang An.

Storm No. 1 with strong winds at the center of the storm at level 8 (ie about 60 to 75km per hour), gusting at level 9-10 is moving into the Gulf of Tonkin in a northwest direction, traveling about 10-15km per hour, making landfall and gradually weakening into a tropical depression.

Forecast by 10:00 on June 24, the center of the tropical depression is at about 22.1 degrees North latitude; 106.9 degrees East longitude, on the Vietnam - China border area. The strongest wind in the area near the center of the tropical depression is level 6 (ie about 40 to 50 km per hour), gusting to level 7-8. The disaster risk level according to the forecast is level 3.

Cua Hoi beach stalls have been closed to ensure safety. Photo by Hoang Quyen.

To proactively cope with storm No. 1, the Provincial Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue has sent a telegram to the Chairman, Head of the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue of the districts, the Provincial Military Command, the Provincial Border Guard Command, and the Department of Exploitation and Protection of Aquatic Resources to direct the implementation of the following contents: Notify owners of vehicles operating at sea of ​​the location of entering the dangerous area. Ships and boats, regularly monitor the storm's developments, count and closely manage the departure of ships and boats, maintain contact with owners of vehicles, proactively prepare rescue forces and vehicles to promptly respond to bad situations that may occur, organize regular reporting on disaster prevention and control work to the Provincial Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue./.

Viet Hung - Quang An - Hoang Quyen.