Nghe An plans to evacuate people before storm No. 7
(Baonghean.vn) - Before storm No. 7 made landfall, Quynh Luu district planned to evacuate 149 households with more than 1,600 people in coastal areas to safety.
| 100% of boats in Hoang Mai town returned to shore to anchor to avoid storm number 7. |
To proactively respond to storm No. 7, this morning (October 13), the People's Committee of Quynh Luu district issued a telegram on responding to storm No. 7. The district has nearly 1,200 large vessels, including more than 700 offshore fishing vessels.
Implementing the telegram, since yesterday until now, the coastal communes of Tien Thuy, Quynh Long, Quynh Nghia, Quynh Thuan, Son Hai... are focusing on calling on fishing vessels at sea to return to shore to avoid and take shelter from the storm.
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| Quynh Luu fishermen anchor their boats and collect nets to ensure safety before the storm hits. Photo: Viet Hung |
As of noon on October 13, all fishing boats of Quynh Luu district had returned to shore and anchored safely at Lach Thoi and Lach Quen. A representative of Quynh Thuan Border Guard Station said that after receiving a telegram from the provincial People's Committee on proactively responding to the storm,storm no. 7, the unit focused on calling on ships operating in the sea to come ashore to avoid and take shelter from the storm.
For vehicles that have returned to shore and anchored, the unit assigned officers to go to the area to propagate and instruct fishermen on how to prevent and avoid collisions between boats and ships when there are big waves and strong winds.
Also this morning (October 13), the People's Committee of Quynh Luu district requested coastal communes to urgently evacuate people according to the plan.disaster prevention planwith a total of 149 households and more than 1,600 people to be relocated. The relocation must be completed before 10:00 a.m. on October 14, 2020.
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| Boats in Hoang Mai town returned to shore and anchored safely this morning (October 13). Photo: Viet Hung |
In Hoang Mai town, response work to storm No. 7 was deployed quickly and promptly by localities. Quynh Lap commune has 172 boats of 15 meters or more; 52 boats under 15 meters and 186 motorized rafts, all of which have returned to shore.safe anchoragethis morning (October 13).
Mr. Hoang Ngoc Thuy - Head of the Economic - Infrastructure Department of Hoang Mai town said that the whole town has nearly 1,000 fishing boats, this morning all fishing boats have returned to shore and anchored safely. Currently, the local authorities are paying attention to and directing fishermen to propagate and inspect the anchoring of boats to ensure safety.
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| Fishing boats are all securely tied to avoid collision when the storm hits. Photo: Viet Hung |
Dien Chau district is also actively developing plans to respond to storm No. 7. As of noon on October 13, all fishing boats of fishermen have returned to safe anchorage.
It is forecasted that in the next 24 hours, storm No. 7 will move in a West-Northwest direction, traveling about 20 km per hour and is likely to strengthen. At 4:00 a.m. on October 14, the center of the storm will be at about 19.0 degrees North latitude; 108.7 degrees East longitude, in the southwest area of Hainan Island (China). The strongest wind near the center of the storm is level 9-10 (75-100 km/h), gusting to level 12.
