Đăng ký: VietNam News
The Ministry of National Defence has mobilised over 37,000 soldiers, 216,000 partisans, 3,726 means of transport and 10 navy ships to assist localities and carry out rescue work in bad consequences caused by typhoon Hagupit. The development of typhoon Hagupit So said Colonel Pham Van Ty, Deputy Head of the Rescue Department under the Ministry of National Defence during an online meeting on measures to cope with the typhoon, held on December 10th by the Central Steering Committee on Flood and Storm Prevention. According to Colonel Ty, localities should pay greatest attention to strengthen people’s houses to prevent anyone from being injured by unroofed houses. He asked localities to work closely with the military forces and called for prompt rescue work in case of bad consequences. During the online meeting, Cao Duc Phat, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, requested localities not to be negligent in coping with the typhoon, and to give priority in ensuring the safety for people’s lives. Ministries and localities were told to keep contact with fishing vessels or instruct them how to safely shelter from the typhoon; make ready for the evacuation of people in coastal areas, labourers working in aquaculture cages and those in areas that face a high risk of encountering flood and landslides. The minister noted that the typhoon could undergo unusual changes; therefore, localities should work out diverse ways of coping with the typhoon, and regularly inform people of the development of the typhoon, especially those on islands and foreign visitors. Localities that had issued a ban of going fishing were asked to strictly prevent fishermen from going fishing during the time of the typhoon’s landfall. Hoang Duc Cuong, Director of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, said that the typhoon landed in provinces and cities from Khanh Hoa to Binh Thuan on December 11th, bringing strong wind and torrential rain./. |