Vinh City urgently trims thousands of trees before storm Conson makes landfall

In recent days, on the streets ofVinh City, workers of Vinh City Green Park Joint Stock Company are focusing on pruning a series of trees to proactively cope with the upcoming storm Conson.

Workers trim trees in Vinh City before storm Conson makes landfall. Photo: QA

Accordingly, workers have restored and lowered the height of 1,600 trees, cut and raised the canopy of 2,000 trees on the following streets: Le Nin Avenue, Quang Trung, Le Loi, Tran Phu, Phong Dinh Cang, Truong Thi... After trimming, all tree waste will be quickly collected to restore the original condition of the streets.

Only in the areaHo Chi Minh Square, 650 trees have also been staked, tied, and trimmed to ensure safety. It is known that the tree company has mobilized 100% of human resources and equipment to speed up the progress before storm Conson makes landfall.

In addition to pruning trees, the city also directed wards and communes to focus on clearing sewers and collecting garbage to preventfloodFlood control projects in the area are also being accelerated to minimize flooding when the storm hits the mainland.

Many trees in Ho Chi Minh Square area have been safely supported. Photo: QA

According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, at 4:00 a.m. this morning (September 10), the storm's eye was about 220 km east-southeast of Hoang Sa archipelago. The strongest wind near the storm's eye was level 10 (90-100 km/h), gusting to level 12. The radius of strong winds from level 6, gusting to level 8 or higher, was about 160 km from the storm's eye.

The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said that from now until about September 12, Con Son storm will continuously increase in intensity and become stronger due to favorable atmospheric and oceanic conditions such as wind shear favorable for the storm's development, high sea surface temperature of about 30 degrees, and interaction with the circulation of strong storm Chanthu outside.