Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on November 5 sent a message asking all authorities and agencies to quickly repair the damage caused by typhoon Damrey, which has wreaked havoc in the central and south central coast of Vietnam.
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister NguyenXuan Phuc on November 5 sent a message asking all authorities and agencies toquickly repair the damage caused by typhoon Damrey, which has wreaked havoc inthe central and south central coast of Vietnam.
The PM urged leaders of provinces directly hitby the storm to maximise efforts to search for and rescue missing people.
He also requested local authorities andministries to support disaster victims by providing accommodation, medical andfood aid, guiding people to take measures to prevent post-flood outbreak ofpandemic, repairing damaged houses and restoring the power network whileensuring the safety of dams and reservoirs.
He ordered them to mobilise all forces and meansneeded to restore traffic along key roads, especially the National Railway 1and the North-South Railway.
Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dungvisited several localities in Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa provinces to inspect thedamage caused by the typhoon and direct relief efforts.
Typhoon Damrey, the 12th major storm to hitVietnam this year, made landfall on November 4 morning with winds of up to135km per hour. The hardest hit regions include the south central provinces ofKhanh Hoa, Phu Yen and Binh Dinh, the Central Highlands provinces of Dak Lak,Dak Nong and Lam Dong, and the central provinces of Quang Nam, Quang Tri andThua Thien-Hue and Da Nang city.
The storm killed 29 people and left 29 othersunaccounted for as of 1:00 pm on November 5, according to the Central SteeringCommittee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.
Initial estimates showed that the typhoon levelledmore than 600 houses, damaged nearly 40,000 homes and flooded about 30,000hectares of fields of rice, vegetables and other crops.
About 230 fishing ships and vessels were eithersunk or ruined while nearly 1,500 fish farms were damaged.
The Standing Board of the Vietnam FatherlandFront (VFF) Central Committee decided to allocate 3 billion VND (132,000 USD)to the hardest hit regions.
The funds will be used to provide relief aidfamilies of the deceased, missing and injured, and those whose houses collapsedor were swept away.
The Vietnam Red Cross Society released emergencyaid, including money and essential goods valued at nearly 1.1 billion VND(48,257 USD) to help the provinces of Khanh Hoa, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen and DakLak.-VNA
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The CARE International in Vietnam on October 31 launched activities to support flood-hit residents of the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh to overcome consequences of severe floods in early October.
The Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control held an urgent meeting on November 2 to prepare for the 12th storm, internationally known as Damrey.
The Standing Board of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee on November 5 decided to allocate 3 billion VND (132,000 USD) to south central and Central Highlands provinces which were just hit by storm Damrey.
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Flood in Hoi An city (Photo VNA)
