Central fishermen run away from storms

In addition to thousands of boats and ships that have moved to the shore, many offshore fishing boats can only move out of dangerous areas, waiting for the storm to pass and continue to practice rather than return to the mainland.

Central fishermen rushed ashore to avoid storms

As a locality, many fishing vessels are in the Hoang Sa sea area with 622 ships and nearly 7,000 workers, Quang Nam province has sent a notice to all ships about the location and evolution of the storm to actively prevent. According to the authorities, due to offshore fishing while storms appear near, after receiving the information, most fishing boats only move quickly to avoid the storm zone and then continue to practice.

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Many fishing vessels of fishermen have come ashore to avoid storms.(Photo: Nguyen Dong.)

Tam Quang commune (Nui Thanh) has more than 200 fishing vessels operating in the Hoang Sa sea, but by noon of June 21, only 15 ships have landed on the mainland.'Most will update the information and then control the ship to find shelter, waiting for the storm to pass to catch more. If not running out of the affected area, anchor in the middle of the sea to catch the storm. If running into the mainland to stay, it will take more than 2 days to come, very costly fuel, ' said Phan Son (55 years old), owner of a fishing vessel who just arrived at Ky Ha port on June 21.

According to Mr. Son, since the early morning of June 19, his ship had taken the initiative to land to avoid storms after hearing the forecast of the direction of the tropical depression. However, until yesterday when it was about 150 nautical miles from shore, his ship and some other ships encountered strong gusts of wind .

'When we reached halfway, there was a gust of wind above level 7, high waves hit the ship and wobbled. At this time, the ship could only run at 3 knots / hour, 14 crew members wore life jackets, clinging to the pillar to actively respond when the ship unfortunately had trouble, ' Mr. Son said. After many hours of struggling, the ship was lucky to escape the area affected by the storm, without damage and damage to people.

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Most of the ships entering the land have been caught for some time in the sea, so the port will stay at the storm.(Photo: Tien Hung.)

Da Nang border guards said that there were 259 ships with 1,860 laborers on the afternoon of June 21, still in the sea and rushing on the way to avoid the storm. "There are no longer Da Nang fishing vessels in the Paracel Islands that have come close to shore, keep regular contact with family and border guards ", Major Pham Van Tuan, direct of Man Thai border station (Don Bien) Son Tra, Da Nang rooms, said.

Many boats of Da Nang, Quang Nam and Binh Dinh docked at the port at the same time to report to the border, before entering Tho Quang ship's dock. " There has been a sea ban so the ship owner does not take more stones to avoid wasting, anchoring thoroughly the prevention of landfall ," Major Tuan reminded the vehicle owners.

Having just returned from the Hoang Sa sea, Mr. Ho Minh Son, the captain of Quang Binh fishing vessel said that he had been sailing for 10 days, the fish was not full, but when he heard about the storm, he immediately went to shore to prevent risks."The sea waves are not large, but there are storms and 9 workers immediately collect the tools to return. The caught fish will be sold immediately at the ship lock, take the money to add fuel, wait for the storm to go straight. toward Hoang Sa ", Mr. Son said.

At Tho Quang shipyard with a capacity of 1,000 boats, all boats were anchored in rows. Many large ships take advantage of more stones to import more oil. Also in the coastal area of Man Thai , some fishermen are also busy taking boats to shore. However, there are still hundreds of ships temporarily anchored offshore.

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However, many boats still temporarily anchor at sea.(Photo: Nguyen Dong.)

According to the Standing Office of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, by 16:00 pm on June 21, nearly 23,000 boats with about 97,000 workers in the area affected by the storm have moved to a safe shelter. Coastal provinces from Da Nang to Khanh Hoa have simultaneously carried out electricity works to prohibit boats from leaving the country to practice on the seas with dangerous wind; maintaining forces, rescue and rescue facilities to be ready for rescue.

Due to the strong pressure of the tropical depression, it became a storm. In the past two days, in the Central, there was heavy rain. Mr. Nham Xuan Sy, Director of Quang Ngai Hydrometeorological Center, said that the rain appeared on a large scale, there were places nearly 90 mm like Ly Son island district."The temperature from 39-40 degrees Celsius has dropped sharply to 26 degrees Celsius to help weather in the Central provinces cool after a prolonged heat wave ," said Mr. Sy.

Earlier in the morning of June 21, the Central Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Control sent a message to provinces from Quang Ninh to Binh Thuan requesting to inform the offshore boats of the storm to take the initiative, or Do not go into dangerous areas. Today and tomorrow morning, the danger zone is from meridians 109 to 113, north of the 15th parallel.

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Predict the path and area of ​​the storm.(Photo: NCHMF).

According to the Central Hydrometeorological Center , 14h pm on June 21, Typhoon Kujira is in the sea of ​​Hoang Sa archipelago with a maximum wind power of 75 km / h (level 8). Tonight and tomorrow, the storm is north-northwest, 10 km per hour, aiming to the southeast of Hainan Island (China) and an extra level (level 9, maximum winds of 90 km / h) .

Storms cause strong winds from level 6 to level 9 in the Paracel Islands, 3-5 meter waves, strong seas. In addition, due to the strong influence of the southwest monsoon activity, in the middle and south of the East Sea, the waters of the provinces from Binh Thuan to Ca Mau have strong Southwest wind at level 6, strong thunderstorms.

At noon on June 21, hot sunshine only occurred in provinces from Thanh Hoa to Quang Binh with the highest temperature of 35-36 degrees Celsius. Today, with the appearance of rain caused by Typhoon Kujira , the hot sun will dot across the country. For the Central region, this is good news because over the past month and a half, people in this place suffer from hot sunshine, the temperature is more than 40 degrees Celsius. Most lakes lack water, thousands of trees are burnt.