Media needs to be one step ahead in disaster warning

(Baonghean.vn) - This is the content agreed upon at the Conference to summarize the work of natural disaster prevention in 2016, deploy the direction and tasks in 2017 organized by the provincial Information and Communications Department on the afternoon of March 10.

In 2016, the continued impact of climate change and the El Nino phenomenon had a clear impact on the weather and climate of our country in general and the North Central region in particular, causing extreme weather phenomena such as: severe cold, heat, prolonged drought, tornadoes, and thunderstorms.

For Nghe An, 2016 was the year of the coldest spell in the last 40 years; there were 16 cold spells, including 4 severe cold spells. In addition, the prolonged hot weather caused widespread drought, almost all small dams, lakes and streams dried up. The harsh weather caused huge losses in agricultural production and affected people's lives, especially in mountainous areas...

Information from the conference said that in 2017, weather and natural disasters are likely to continue to be unpredictable. Photo: My Nga

To minimize damage caused by natural disasters, propaganda work is coordinated by media units in a timely and extensive manner on mass media and grassroots broadcasting systems to help people clearly understand the impacts of climate change on long-term production activities in order to gradually adapt.

Telecommunications companies have ensured communications, consolidated and expanded infrastructure networks to remote areas. Currently, 100% of communes have fiber optic infrastructure ready to serve, and mobile coverage has reached 80%.

In 2016, Nghe An suffered the coldest spell in 40 years, even with snow. Photo: Archive.

At the conference, the units coordinating natural disaster prevention and control completely agreed with the report. At the same time, they gave specific and practical comments on natural disaster prevention and control in 2017. Accordingly, the comments focused on issues such as: strengthening the training work; focusing on maintenance, repair, and construction of a solid and stable information infrastructure; propagating and mobilizing fishermen to register communication frequencies to ensure smooth communication between offshore fishing vessels and the mainland; upgrading the natural disaster warning information system...

Comrade Tran Van Hung - Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Nghe An Newspaper suggested that relevant departments and agencies should promote interaction to proactively update information, propaganda and warnings for the people. Photo: My Nga.

Regarding the tasks in 2017, members of the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention of the Provincial Information and Communications Sector agreed to proactively carry out tasks within their scope of responsibility; regularly coordinate with member units to do a good job of propaganda, be ready to serve natural disaster prevention, search and rescue.

For press agencies such as Nghe An Newspaper, Provincial Radio and Television Station, Provincial Electronic Information Portal... continue to focus on the work of promptly receiving, updating, broadcasting, and posting orders and telegrams from the Central and the province; reflecting, reporting, and making reports on the work of preparing, responding to, and overcoming natural disasters for the people.

For postal and telecommunications enterprises, proactively monitor and update weather information before, during and after natural disasters, coordinate with search and rescue forces such as: Provincial, district, city, town military command, police, border guards; always be ready with backup plans and technical means to ensure timely information response, ensuring smooth communication./.

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