Cimaron storm toward Da Nang - Quang Ngai

* Establishing an anti-storm steering committee in Da Nang
* Article 42 Navy ships are on duty

Meteorological agencies in the region such as the US Navy, TSR and Hong Kong Storm Warning Center last night identified Cimaron typhoon (meaning Philippine bison) that currently has 167km / hr (level 15) wind and 204km jerk. / hour (level 17). It is forecasted that today the storm will be stronger with winds up 195km / hour (level 16).

Cimaron storm has entered the South China Sea and is moving into Vietnam. The direction of the storm again dodges into the gut of Da Nang - Quang Ngai and neighboring provinces. This time, after the storm of Xangsane, the storm prevention work has been urgently raised by local authorities to take a step up.

Hurricane Cimaron's path (satellite image)

* Da Nang: the army and the public securely flirt

In the morning of October 30, Da Nang City People's Committee convened an emergency meeting with leaders of departments, districts in the city area to deal with storm Cimaron about to land. The order is that the critical points must be relocated sooner. The whole task is assigned to the army and the police. Learning from the Xangsane storm is that when ambulance winds are not normally able to move, the City People's Committee requires the army to increase at least three special vehicles for ambulance.

Chairman of Da Nang City People's Committee Tran Van Minh asked districts and districts to make primary plans to save on-the-spot people in the storm to reduce the pressure of the victims pouring on the upline causing overload and turmoil as in the recent Xangsane storm by. Da Nang City has also exported 53 booster generators to hospitals, radio stations, districts. In the immediate future, the City will deduct VND 400 million for seven districts to buy reserve food to serve people's meals in the days before and after the storm hit.

Coastal people in Son Tra District, Da Nang City urgently suppressed houses to prepare for Cimaron (Photo: Dang Nam)

From Da Nang Border Guard Command, there were 109 off-shore fishing equipment in Da Nang with 624 fishermen who had not yet reached the mainland by noon. All of these vessels are currently in the waters along Truong Sa and southern Tonkin Gulf. Da Nang City instructed by all means to contact, informing the above-mentioned vessels of Cimaron's path to avoid, not necessarily running to Da Nang. Da Nang City has also instructed construction units to remove all the cranes and construction equipment on the ground; lowering and removing big billboards; strengthen the radio system to call people urgently to rebuild their houses with sandbags.

* Hoi An: rescue for relics

Talking to PV in the afternoon of October 30, Mr. Nguyen Su - Secretary of Hoi An Town Party - said that noon on October 30, all boats of Hoi An fishermen were taken to shelter at the Cham island boat. and along the downstream of Hoai River. The town has also implemented plans to relocate people in coastal areas of Cam An, Cua Dai, Hamlet 7, Hamlet 8, Cam Thanh and Cam Kim wards and landslides on Cam Nam River bank to residential sites. Stay focused safely.

Particularly in other wards and communes, people will be moved to permanent houses. Especially the old town has been ragged after many recent storms and floods, the town has directed the Center for Management and Conservation of relics to put forces on duty at the relics damaged, ready to save Household for 39 relics.

On the morning of October 30, people on Hung Vuong and Da Nang streets shoveled sand bags to prevent against houses ready to deal with Cimaron (Photo: ĐNam).

* Quang Ngai: there are more than 730 boats offshore

On the morning of October 30, at the meeting to prevent Cimaron typhoon, Colonel Nguyen Thanh Phuong, commander of Quang Ngai Border Guard, said he had called for 117 boats fishing outside the sea with 1,422 workers returning home. safe. However, there are still 734 boats with 4,173 workers offshore; in which in the northern sea area of ​​the province there are 392 boats with 2,246 workers; Trung Sa area and Truong Sa archipelago have 22 ships with 316 workers.

Mr. Truong Ngoc Nhi, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Steering Committee for Typhoon and Flood Control in Quang Ngai Province, directed the border guards and the fisheries sector to contact and guide boats to shelter safely; urgently deploy the plan to cope with storms and plans to relocate people from landslides, no later than 16 hours on October 31. For construction projects, especially coastal constructions, Dung Quat economic zone, oil refinery ., it is necessary to suspend technical construction and check important items and deploy Plan to deal with storms.

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Establishing an anti-storm steering committee in Da Nang

* Article 42 naval ships are on duty to cope with the storm

On October 30, the Prime Minister issued an urgent call to the Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Control, the National Committee for Search and Rescue, ministries, branches and People's Committees to actively implement the methods. project to deal with Cimaron (hurricane 7).

The Prime Minister requested People's Committees of coastal provinces from Quang Ninh to Kien Giang to closely monitor the evolution of the storm;concentrating forces and means to actively deal with and overcome consequences;It is strictly forbidden for ships and boats to go out to sea and all measures to call ships and boats to avoid storms and shelter safely.Assigning the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to coordinate with ministries to monitor the evolution of storms;There are diplomatic notes for countries and territories in the region to facilitate boats and fishermen to temporarily avoid storms.

Also in the morning, Standing Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung chaired the emergency meeting of the Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Control and directed ministries, branches and localities to focus on preventing storm No. 7;prepare a plan to evacuate people and basically evacuate all people out of dangerous areas before 17:00 on November 1.The Steering Committee also decided to set up a Steering Committee to direct the prevention of storm No. 7 in Da Nang, directly led by Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong.At the same time established three working missions in three localities: Quang Tri (led by the Ministry of Fisheries), Quang Ngai (headed by Lieutenant General Nguyen Duc Soat - Deputy Chief of Staff - Ministry of Defense) , Thua Thien - Hue (headed by a general-level leader).

From 21:00 on October 29, border guards from Thanh Hoa to Kien Giang organized a fire alarm signaling in accordance with the regulations at 46 points at the river mouth, on the island and on the coast.

Reportedly, the naval army mobilized 42 naval vessels in areas and nine ships to stand at bases ready to perform search and rescue missions.

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