The People’s Committee of the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa has ordered departments, branches and local authorities to carry out measures to respond to unusual weather patterns in 2018.
KhanhHoa (VNA) – The People’s Committee of the central coastal province ofKhanh Hoa has ordered departments, branches and local authorities to carry outmeasures to respond to unusual weather patterns in 2018.
Authorities at all levels should inspect and identify flood-risk andlandslide-prone areas while setting up plans to evacuate local residents fromregions that are affected by rising sea levels spurred by typhoons to safer places.
Due attention must be paid to arranging relevant forces to enhance inspections andspeed up measures preventing natural calamities in dangerous localities.
In case of storms and tropical depressions, communal authorities should joinhands with the border guards to grasp the exact number of aquatic breedingcages, fishing vessels and local fishermen who are operating offshore. Promptsupport should be put in place for the fishermen.
Training and rehearsals should be organised for relevant forces while stockpilingof essential items like food, fuel, medicine and water must be paid dueattention.
Khanh Hoa is currently home to nearly 30 reservoirs with total capacity of 250million cubic metres, many of them have been degraded and pose great threats tolocal livelihoods. However, limited financial resources hamper repairs of thereservoirs.
Relevant authorities are required to manage and give timely response in casethe reservoirs break out.
The provincial military high command is asked to set up rational search andrescue plan and help localities recover the aftermath of the disasters.
Last year, storm Damrey, the 12th typhoon hitting Vietnam in theyear, wreaked havocs on the coastline of Khanh Hoa province. It destroyed 302homes and blew the roofs off nearly 25,500 others, including 8,759 in Nha Trangcity, 5,800 in Van Ninh district and 7,173 in Khanh Vinh district. There wasalso extensive damage to 3,748 hectares of rice, 1,200 hectares of wheat, 1,119hectares of other crops and over 35,000 aquatic cages.
According to reportsof localities and ministries, up to 27 of the deaths were in the province,where the centre of Damrey was recorded when the storm made landfall.-VNA
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