* The Thua Thien Hue provincial Military Command coordinated with the provincial Border Guard Command to mobilize more than 200 officers, soldiers, and militiamen to promptly reinforce coastal erosion in Thuan An ward, Hue city and Phu Thuan commune, Phu Vang district.
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Troops and militiamen reinforce coastal erosion in Thuan An ward, Hue city. |
The forces dug and filled thousands of sandbags to consolidate areas at risk of erosion to minimize the encroachment of sea waves into the mainland.
* According to the information provided by the Vietnam Border Guard Command, to brace for storm No.6, as of 15:00 on October 26, the functional force has counted and informed more than 67,200 vehicles with nearly 308,000 people on the developments and direction of the storm. Currently, no vehicles are in danger and vehicles in the affected area are moving to avoid it.
According to information from the Department of Dyke Management and Disaster Prevention and Control, as of 17:00 on October 26, hydroelectric reservoirs in the North Central region were operating normally, except for the South Central Coastal region and the Central Highlands, where two hydroelectric reservoirs were operating to regulate the overflow and overflow discharge. The sea and river dyke systems in coastal provinces from Thanh Hoa to Phu Yen have four sea dyke projects under construction. Quang Nam and Quang Ngai provinces have evacuated 212 households with 634 people to safer places.
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Troops of Battalion 70 under the Quang Nam provincial Military Command help fishermen on Cu Lao Chan island tow their vessels and rafts ashore to avoid the storm. |
* In order to prevent heavy rains, flooding, and landslides, the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Search and Rescue and Civil Defense of Da Nang city required localities to evacuate people as planned. For dangerous areas with a high risk of flooding, the city requested the localities to mobilize forces and vehicles to stay ready for the missions.
Meanwhile, more than 1,150 vessels with 8,276 fishermen of Da Nang and Southern localities moved to Tho Quang fishing port to take shelter.
* The Quang Nam provincial Border Guard Command helped families from Tam Thanh commune (Tam Ky city) and Tam Tien commune (Nui Thanh district) reinforce their houses and guided vessels back to the shore to ensure their safety as the storm made landfall. Besides, the unit prepared enough food and vehicles to evacuate people in urgent cases.
* The Military Region 5 Command directed agencies and units to pro-actively deploy many measures to ensure the safety of barracks and warehouses and mobilize forces and vehicles to help people in areas at risk of storms and floods reinforce their houses and protect people's lives and property. Apart from forces performing combat readiness duties, units built up teams for disaster prevention and control at all levels, closely monitoring and grasping storm developments, giving advice to local Party committees and authorities to inspect and review degraded high-rise apartment buildings, key areas at-risk of flash floods, landslides, riverbank and stream bank erosion, low-lying areas, to name but a few.
Translated by Chung Anh