Boats docked at Ngoc Hai fishing port in Hai Phong city for shelter during storm (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – A meeting took place in Hanoi onAugust 2 to issue directions on response to Storm Sinlaku, which was forecastto hit Vietnam’s mainland at noon.
Sinlaku is the second to enter the East Sea since thebeginning of this year.
At the function, deputy head of the Central SteeringCommittee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control Tran Quang Hoai requiredministries, sectors and localities to swiftly and fully implement the Prime Minister’sDispatch 1021/CD-TTg issued on August 1 on storm response.
Hoai asked border forces to check the number of vessels inrisky areas and get save and rescue plans ready right after the meeting.
The Directorate of Water Resources was tasked with closelymonitoring rainfall and flooding situations to promptly apply anti-floodmeasures, while the Electricity of Vietnam was requested to inform the steeringcommittee on the current state of Hoa Binh and Son La hydropower reservoirs.
The central steering committee’s Standing Office willconstantly update localities in areas where the storm is forecast to gothrough, while monitoring flash floods and landslides in the provinces from HoaBinh in the north to Quang Binh in the central region.
The National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting,meanwhile, was assigned to closely follow the developments of the storm, rain,and flood, particularly in the central coastal provinces of Thanh Hoa and NgheAn, to issue prompt predictions and alerts.
According to Mai Van Khiem, director of the centre, onAugust 2, northern and central localities are forecast to have heavy rains withrainfalls averaging from 100-150mm during 24 hours.
He said alarming water levels have been spotted in severalrivers in the regions, including Da, Thao, Boi and Hoang Long rivers. Possibleflash flood and landslides are projected for northern mountainous areas,provinces from the northern central province of Thanh Hoa to the centralprovince of Quang Tri, and the Central Highlands area.
The Border Guard High Command reported that, as of 5 am onAugust 2, it had checked and informed about the storm movement for 56,174vessels and 233,900 people. Boats operating on waters from Nam Dinh to Nghe Anhave found shelters to dock./.
Localities in the south central coast are bracing against powerful Storm Nakri, the sixth typhoon from the East Sea this year, which is forecast to gain further strength while heading towards the region over the next few days.
Two persons died while preparing for storm Nakri and one went missing due to the storm as of 17:00 on November 12, according to the office of the Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.
A tropical depression developed into a storm, named Sinlaku, at noon of August 1, becoming the second to enter the East Sea since the beginning of this year.
National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has cancelled flights to and from Tho Xuan airport in Thanh Hoa central province and Vinh airport in central Nghe An province on August 2 as storm Sinlaku is forecast to land on the coastal region from Ninh Binh to Nghe An that day.
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Boats docked at Ngoc Hai fishing port in Hai Phong city for shelter during storm (Photo: VNA) 
