Hurricane Peipah was strong at level 12

On the night of November 6, Typhoon Peipah (storm No. 6) operates in the northeastern sea area, the strongest wind in the area near the storm center increases from level 11 to level 12 (118-133km / hour), jerks on the level twelfth.

The Central Hydrometeorological Center estimates that Typhoon Peipah will move slowly in the next 24 hours to the west, then gradually move west to southwest, about 10km per hour. During the 24-48 hour storm, Peipah moved west-southwest, about 15km per hour.

Due to the impact of storms, the northeast and the middle of the East Sea have strong winds of level 9, level 10, the area near the center of the storm level 11, level 12, jerking on level 12. The sea is fierce. In addition, due to the influence of the northeast monsoon, the waters off the central provinces have strong northeast winds of level 6, jerks on level 6. The seas are rough. International meteorological agencies also assessed that Peipah storms were strong to level 12, but may be weakened when approaching near shore. Level 10-11 is expected to land in South Central.

The army entered the flood and storm fight

According to information from the National Committee for Search and Rescue, to cope with Typhoon 6, military units mobilized forces to key areas to carry out the fight against floods and storms.

Specifically, Military Region 4 ordered 330 officers and soldiers to leave in Phu Loc district (Thua Thien - Hue) to help people overcome the consequences of flooding and ready to cope when the storm No. 6 hit. Military Command Thua Thien - Hue also mobilized 80 soldiers to help people in Phong Dien district. Military zone 5 mobilized permanent forces of 366 people, 2,276 self-defense militants, 43 cars, 25 high-speed canoes, and boats to help people overcome flood consequences. Military Region 7 and Military Region 9 had electricity and approved plans for units ready to maneuver against typhoon 6 and flooding when ordered.

Direction of Typhoon Peipah (Photo: tsr.mssl.ucl.ac.uk)

Many people died when floods were withdrawn

As of November 6, 60 people died from the last flood.

According to initial statistics, in the last three floods, Quang Nam province has 19 people died and gone missing, largely due to subjectivity, disregarding life during floods and floods. Although authorities and functional sectors have constantly warned of the dangers of flooding, many unfortunate cases still go through flooded areas, fast flowing water, so they are killed by floods. Or there is a heartbreaking situation like Nguyen Dang Man (1 year old, Duy Son commune, Duy Xuyen district) that was neglected by his family to let him fall into the flooded water. There are also many cases of boat capsules falling into the flood waters when fishing, collecting firewood.

According to the report of the Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Control in Thua Thien - Hue province, on November 6, there were three more people dying from floods. So now, the whole province has 18 people died in this flood. In particular, most dead people fall at the time when the flood recedes.

Continue to find victims of mountain landslides

On the morning of November 6, we were present in Tra Lanh commune, Tay Tra district (Quang Ngai), where a mountain section had been buried in the 4-11 pm telecom workers.

Vo Thanh Vu's body was found under a rock pile (Photo: Tra Minh)

The body of the victim Nguyen Duc Tam, a technician of Binh Son Telecommunication Station, was found in the center of the Fun River in a lying down position, the ground covering his body also popping out of his legs.The land dragged Mr. Tam's body from the erosion point to the stream more than 200m.At the scene, mountains eroding thousands of cubic meters of collapsed rock spread over an area of ​​about 3,000 square meters, longer than 300 meters, making it difficult to determine the direction to find victims.

6-11 noon, the body of the victim Vo Thanh Vu, technician of Dung Quat Telecommunication Station, was found under a rock layer about 3 meters deep.Mr. Vu's body was taken to his hometown in Binh Minh commune, Binh Son district.By 17g on the same day, the victim's body, Nguyen Tien Dung, director of Tay Tra District Post, was not found due to the large amount of buried soil.The Quang Ngai Provincial People's Committee decided to order the 48th Battalion Battalion 7-11 to bring about 200 soldiers to Tay Tra to continue searching Dung's body.

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Hue, Chairman of the People's Committee of Quang Ngai province, said the province will consider regulations and regimes to soon complete procedures for martyrs for officers and employees who sacrificed due to mountain landslides while on duty.

M.THU - T.MINH

K.VŨ - T. PHU