More than 4,000 boats and ships came ashore for safe shelter.
According to forecasts, Nghe An is not the center of storm No. 6, but storm prevention and control measures are being actively implemented. More than 4,000 fishing boats with nearly 19,000 workers have come ashore for safe shelter, and coastal residents are tying up their houses, ready to deal with any unusual situations that may arise.
(Baonghean.vn) -According to forecasts, Nghe An is not the center of storm No. 6, but storm prevention and control measures are being actively implemented. More than 4,000 fishing boats with nearly 19,000 workers have come ashore for safe shelter, and coastal residents are tying up their houses, ready to deal with any unusual situations that may arise.
At noon on August 7, it was pouring rain, Mr. Nguyen Van Binh and his son tried to cover the boat with a tarpaulin while using all their strength to tie a rope to the anchor at Cua Hoi fishing port. Yesterday, his fishing boat with 8 crew members was fishing in the Gulf of Tonkin, receiving storm news from the coastal telecommunications station, Mr. Binh and his fellow boats immediately returned to shore at top speed. By 2:00 p.m., the work of tying the oars to protect the boat from the storm was basically completed, the boat owner and his son sat leisurely chatting and hoping the storm would not make landfall.
People try to anchor their boats to avoid the storm at Cua Hoi.
At Cua Hoi Fishing Port, it was pouring rain. Ms. Nguyen Thi Ha put on a raincoat and ran to the fishing port because she heard that her family's small fishing boat had broken down near Hon Ngu Island while packing up fishing gear to return to the mainland. When the boat had just broken down, her husband, Mr. Mao, contacted his brothers nearby and brought two boats out to tow them back to port safely. "Thank God the storm hasn't hit yet, otherwise, my husband's fishing boat and my children wouldn't have been able to return," Ms. Ha sighed in relief.
The family's boat broke down while on the way to collect nets to avoid the storm, Mr. Mao's family had to mobilize more people and send a ship to tow it back to port.
At the storm shelters of Cua Hoi fishing port, border port and along the coastal road, on the afternoon of August 7, hundreds of ships and boats have found safe anchorages. Many large-capacity fishing boats from Quang Ngai, Quang Tri and Binh Dinh provinces have been safely anchored since yesterday, when they heard about the storm. Many ship owners took advantage of the storm to send workers to the Cua Hoi port repair shop to weld cables, replace ropes for wrapping nets, and wait for the storm to pass and the clouds to clear before continuing to set sail.
Fishermen's fishing boats are safely anchored at storm shelters.
At Cua Lo and Cua Hoi tourist areas, people had completed the work of tying up their kiosks since the morning of August 7. By the afternoon, some families continued to dismantle billboards, re-check the door system and assigned people to stay on duty to deal with storms and any situations that may arise.
In response to the developments of storm No. 6, Nghe An province has established two working groups (one from the Provincial People's Committee and one from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development) to inspect coastal districts and key areas, and members of the Provincial Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control have gone to assigned areas to direct. On the afternoon of August 7, leading the working group of the People's Committee, Mr. Dinh Viet Hong, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee, inspected the flood and storm prevention work at Squadron 2 - Border Guard and Cua Hoi Fishing Port and worked with the Flood and Storm Prevention and Control Committee of Cua Lo town. Appreciating the storm prevention work of Cua Lo town, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested the town's Flood and Storm Prevention and Control Committee to continue to focus on managing irrigation works and key traffic points to take measures when natural disasters occur, promptly and effectively overcoming them in all situations, in order to reduce human and property losses for the people. Implement the "4 on-site" motto well and do not be subjective or negligent with the movement of storm No. 6.
According to forecasts, storm No. 6 will not make landfall directly in Nghe An, but its impact will cause heavy rain across the province. The Provincial Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control has issued three urgent dispatches to direct the Steering Committees for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control of districts, towns, provincial departments, boards and branches; the Provincial Military Command; the Provincial Border Guard Command; Directors of irrigation companies and enterprises and the Director of Ban Ve Hydropower Company; the Northern and Southern Irrigation Companies to proactively deploy storm prevention and response work, operate sluices to prevent flooding, protect rice and crops after the storm, etc.
Affected by storm No. 6, since the morning of August 7, Nghe An province has had moderate to heavy rain. The North Central Hydrometeorological Center said that the total rainfall is from 50 to 123mm. Specifically, in some locations as follows: Do Luong 10.7mm, Nam Dan 36.2mm, Vinh 40mm, Ben Thuy 74mm, Cua Hoi 123mm, Hon Ngu 55.1mm, Cua Lo 41mm. In the sea areas of Cua Lo, Cua Hoi, Nghi Loc, there are currently big waves and strong winds.
High waves at the wharf in Lan Chau Island, Cua Lo
According to the Nghe An Province Flood and Storm Prevention Center, up to this point, more than 4,000 vessels with a total of 18,679 workers are safely anchored at storm shelters; 37 vessels with 223 workers fishing in the seas of other provinces have reached safe locations; 86 vessels with 516 workers from other provinces are anchored in Nghe An Province. All vessels are receiving notifications about the location and direction of storm No. 6.
Nguyen Khoa - Tran Hai
