Super typhoon Wutip landed in the Central region, the wind was strong

Many localities in the center of the stormy area come from Ha Tinh to Hue, the wind gradually rises with heavy rain and high waves. Super typhoon Wutip began to land in the Central region, causing many roofers, fallen trees and people to be injured.

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Right from the beginning of this afternoon, heavy rain in Ha Tinh, accompanied by strong winds. Currently, this locality has moved about 22,000 households, mainly in Ky Anh, Thach Ha and Nghi Xuan districts. Earlier this morning, Mr. Cao Duc Phat - Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development chaired a meeting with departments in Ha Tinh city to discuss how to deal with storms.

In Le Thuy, Quang Binh, the expected area is the storm center, the wind is very strong with heavy rain. Nhu Thuy Bac Commune People's Committee headquarters was broken by the wind with all glass windows. A 15-year-old student in Quang Minh commune (Quang Trach district) fell down when transferring a block of stone weighing more than 10kg onto a storm-resistant kitchen roof. I was caught in the head by the stone block, suspected of traumatic brain injury, unconscious. A young man in An Ninh commune (Quang Ninh district) while climbing tight branches fell down his left collarbone. Both were rescued at Huu Nghi Hospital (Quang Binh).

This locality has brought nearly 4,000 boats to shore and safe anchorage places, about 5,000-6,000 households have been relocated.

In order to proactively respond to the unusual happenings of the storm, Quang Tri Provincial People's Committee has urgently dispatched People's Committees of districts, cities, towns, directors of departments, branches . to quickly deploy Storm prevention measures.

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Before the landing, Typhoon Wutip caused damage to many households in Hue.(Photo: Van Dong)

In the afternoon, Hue has rained despite previous strong winds with heavy rain, causing many trees to fall and roof houses.

In Loc Vinh commune (Phu Loc), large waves have made more than 300m of landslide embankments that are deeply inland about 4m. The CPC decided to move more than 1,000 people out of dangerous areas. However, by noon this morning, some people sought to return home despite being advised of danger.

In the mountainous district of A Luoi, storm prevention is still ongoing. Highway 49 was opened. Phu Gia Pass on Highway 1 recorded a number of landslides. Along this arterial road, trees and many broken wires, many of the sea understands along the roadside where the wind is broken.

According to the quick report of the steering committee for Nghe An flood and storm, until this afternoon, reservoirs in the province are basically full. Large capacity reservoirs such as Song Sao and Vuc Mau have implemented a deep discharge method. The dyke system in the whole province is in the safe level.

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Ha Tinh people evacuate to prevent danger from storms.(Photo: Hai Binh)

Regarding boats, Nghe An has more than 4,000 vehicles with over 23,000 workers directly catching seafood, all of them have gone to safe shelters. Vehicles operating outside the province and the common fishing area have also entered safe storm-shelter areas.

According to the report of the Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Rescue, the current number of households in the coastal area where the storms land directly requires evacuation of nearly 3,900 households. If storms land directly in Quang Tri and when big floods occur, the number of households that need to evacuate is about 20,500; The provincial People's Committee has urgently established 5 working missions to take the localities to guide the prevention of storms.

According to the report of the Central and Highlands Central Highlands Flood and Rescue Center this morning, medium and large irrigation reservoirs in coastal provinces from Quang Binh to Ninh Thuan are operating normally, with capacity the reservoirs are still average, mostly at 20-70% of the design capacity.

The number of lakes is full and about to be concentrated in Quang Binh province to Thua Thien - Hue. However, medium and large reservoirs in the Central Highlands provinces have a high volume of reservoirs, almost 80% of the design capacity. Many lakes that are not small and are at risk of insecurity such as Quang Tri have 07 lakes: Block 7, Huong Le, Tram Buoi, Khe Lau, Mu Huyen, Trot Gieng, Trot Dau - Trot Den; Hue has 1 Hoa My lake; Nam Q. has 1 An Long lake; Quang Ngai has 3 lakes namely Cay Khe, Da Ban and Ton Dung.

In the Central Highlands provinces, Ea Kmien 3 dam, Krong Nang and Dak Lak districts due to the higher water volume than flood drainage capacity, the water level in the lake is high and there is a risk of unsafety.