Nghe An urgently directs crop harvesting, calls on ships to come ashore to avoid storm Noru
(Baonghean.vn) - Nghe An is directing sectors and localities to urgently harvest crops and guide ships to take shelter safely before storm Noru arrives.
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Fishing boats of Hoang Mai town anchor to avoid storm Noru. Photo: Tran Thanh Yen |
According to a quick report from the Standing Office of the Provincial Border Guard Command for Natural Disaster Prevention, Search and Rescue, by the end of September 24, there were 2,836 vehicles.boatsand 12,601 workers are anchored at the port. Number of vehicles operating at sea: 512 vehicles/3,196 workers. No vehicles are in the danger zone. The vehicles operating at sea have been informed by the coastal information agency about the location and direction of storm Noru and maintain regular communication to promptly handle any bad situations that may occur.
The media has reported on the developments.Storm Noruso that aquaculture households in the province can proactively take preventive measures and minimize damage.
Regarding agricultural production, the province has a total production area of 108,770 hectares, of which nearly 74 thousand hectares have been harvested. Of which, the rice area is 82,604 hectares, of which more than 60 thousand hectares have been harvested; the remaining 22,276 hectares are being urgently harvested according to the criterion of "green house is better than ripe field". The corn area is 10,719 hectares, of which more than 4,000 hectares have been harvested; the peanut area is 626 hectares, of which 274 hectares have been harvested... the vegetable area is 9,716 hectares, of which 5,212 hectares have been harvested. The winter crop area has been planted at 8,996.2 hectares/plan of 34,900 hectares.
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On September 24, rain flooded some fields in Lang Thanh commune (Yen Thanh). Photo: Xuan Hoang |
Nghe An province has 1,061 large and small lakes and dams. As of September 24, 225 lakes were full; the remaining lakes and dams reached 40% to 70% of their capacity. All lakes and dams are being operated by localities and units according to approved disaster prevention and control plans.
In the province, there are 22 hydroelectric reservoirs operating according to the Inter-reservoir Operation Process on the Ca River Basin and the remaining reservoirs operating according to the single-reservoir process, all of which have approved disaster prevention plans, dam and reservoir safety plans.
