Many fishing boats from Quynh Luu have come ashore to avoid Typhoon No. 10.

(Baonghean.vn) - Upon receiving urgent warnings about Typhoon No. 10, many fishing boats of fishermen in Quynh Luu have returned to port to anchor. It is expected that all fishing boats will be docked ashore by noon on September 14th.

"The Provincial Military Command is ready to respond to Typhoon No. 10."

Urgent dispatch regarding prevention and control of typhoon No. 10

Nghe An province bans boats from going out to sea during typhoon No. 10.

At 6 PM on September 13th, more than 20 offshore fishing vessels returned to Lach Quen port in Tien Thuy commune and anchored there.

Upon returning to port, fishermen are urgently transporting their seafood ashore to sell to traders in preparation for the approaching storm. Fisherman Pham Ngoc Son, owner of fishing boat NA 966.78 in Tien Thuy commune, said: "This morning, after receiving a report from the Quynh Thuan Border Guard Station, we, who were fishing in the Thanh Hoa sea area, quickly gathered our nets and brought them ashore to take shelter from the storm. According to the forecast, Typhoon No. 10 will make landfall in Nghe An, so no one on the boat can be complacent and we immediately headed ashore this afternoon."

"Due to avoiding the storm, the boat had to return to shore and anchor, but the income from this trip was still about 400 million VND," Mr. Son said.

Fishermen are urgently securing their boats. Photo: Viet Hung

With 1,275 vessels, Quynh Luu district has the largest number of boats and ships in the province. To ensure the safety of lives and property, this morning, September 13th, Quynh Luu district issued a directive, requesting coastal communes to urgently call on boats and ships to return to mooring areas.Parking is prohibited; all vessels are strictly forbidden from remaining at sea to fish when a storm hits.

The Quynh Thuan Border Guard Station regularly contacts fishing boat owners to monitor their movements to avoid storms; for fishing boats operating far offshore and unable to return to shore in time, they must find suitable and safe anchorage locations.

To avoid the storm, fishermen are urgently transporting seafood to sell to traders. Photo: Viet Hung

As of this afternoon, September 13th, approximately 30 fishing boats belonging to fishermen from Tien Thuy, Quynh Thuan, Quynh Long, and Son Hai communes have safely returned to shore and anchored.

According to Mr. Bui Xuan Truc, Deputy Head of the Agriculture and Rural Development Department of Quynh Luu district, the locality is currently focusing on urging boats to return to shore to take shelter from typhoon No. 10. It is expected that by the early morning of September 14th, all fishing boats of Quynh Luu fishermen will enter the local fishing port and some fishing ports in Quang Binh and Quang Ninh provinces to take shelter from the typhoon.

Viet Hung