Leaders of Hai Duong province attend online meeting on overcoming consequences of storm No. 3

The conference was held directly at the Government headquarters, online with 26 northern provinces and cities from Thanh Hoa and beyond.

Attending the conference were Deputy Prime Ministers Nguyen Hoa Binh and Ho Duc Phoc; Ministers, leaders of relevant ministries and branches, and Secretaries and Chairmen of People's Committees of 26 northern provinces and cities.

Comrades: Tran Duc Thang, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Le Ngoc Chau, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee attended at the Hai Duong bridge point.

Opening the conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that storm No. 3 has made landfall in our country and caused serious consequences. In addition, the storm's circulation is still complicated, causing heavy rain, risks of flooding, landslides, and subsidence in the northern provinces.

Faced with that situation, the Government Standing Committee met with ministries, branches and localities to assess the response direction, damage situation and deploy urgent measures to overcome the consequences.

In particular, the Conference aims to draw lessons in flood and storm prevention and control such as forecasting, warning, information, and propaganda; preparation and response work; direction and organization of flood and storm prevention and control, especially long-term solutions to ensure safety, especially in areas prone to natural disasters such as coastal and mountainous areas and for vulnerable sectors such as agriculture, fisheries, electricity, telecommunications, etc.; support work, mobilizing support to overcome damage.

According to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, storm No. 3 is the strongest storm in the past 30 years in the East Sea region.

On the night of September 6, storm No. 3 entered the eastern sea of ​​the Northern Gulf of Tonkin. On the afternoon of September 7, the storm made landfall in the provinces and cities of Quang Ninh and Hai Phong with a level 12-13 intensity, gusting to level 15. It then entered the northern provinces and cities. On the morning of September 8, it weakened into a tropical depression.

Along with the storm, from the night of September 6 to the early morning of September 8, the Northern region had widespread rain of 70-200mm, locally some places had very heavy rain of over 300mm.

Statistics from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development show that storm No. 3 has caused great damage to people and property. Initial damage update as of 7:00 a.m. on September 8 showed that 5 people died (including 3 in Quang Ninh, 1 in Hai Phong, 1 in Hai Duong). In particular, on the morning of September 8, in Cham hamlet, Tan Minh commune, Da Bac district, Hoa Binh province, a landslide occurred in a household, killing 4 people and injuring 1 person.

The storm injured 186 people (Quang Ninh 157, Hai Phong 13, Hai Duong 5, Hanoi 10); 25 small cement and wooden ships sank at their anchorage in Quang Ninh.

At the same time, Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Thai Binh, Hai Duong, and Hanoi suffered widespread power and communication outages.

Due to the long duration of the storm and the sustained intensity of the storm, very strong gusts of wind damaged 3,279 houses; 401 electric poles were broken; many shops, offices, and schools had their roofs blown off or were damaged; many advertising signs and telecommunication poles were broken; urban trees were uprooted and broken on the roads in the provinces and cities of Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Hai Duong, and Hanoi.

Regarding agriculture, 121,500 hectares of rice and crops are currently flooded and damaged (concentrated in Thai Binh 76,345 hectares; Hai Phong 6,750 hectares; Hai Duong 11,200 hectares; Hanoi 6,218 hectares; Nam Dinh 2,800 hectares; Hung Yen 11,923 hectares; Ha Nam 7,418 hectares; Bac Ninh 8,977 hectares....); 5,027 hectares of fruit trees are damaged (concentrated in Hai Phong 1,000 hectares; Thai Binh 1,385 hectares, Hung Yen 1,818 hectares....); over 1,000 aquaculture cages are damaged and swept away (mainly in Quang Ninh).

The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting predicts that from September 8-9, the circulation after storm No. 3 will cause heavy rain in the entire plains, midlands and mountainous areas of the North, with an average 24-hour rainfall of up to 100-150mm, and in some places over 200mm. There is a high risk of flooding on rivers and streams and flash floods and landslides in some localities.

Concluding the conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that storm No. 3 is the fastest and strongest storm in the past 30 years, increasing in intensity irregularly, lasting a long time, and occurring over a large area.

Faced with that situation, all levels, sectors and localities have been proactive, active and determined in preventing and fighting the storm. However, with complicated developments, storm No. 3 has caused great damage to people and property.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh conveyed the condolences of General Secretary and President To Lam and other Party and State leaders to families, agencies, units and localities suffering damage and loss of life and property caused by storm No. 3.

The Prime Minister commended the Flood and Storm Prevention Command Committees at all levels; Party committees and authorities at all levels; the Public Security, Military and relevant forces, ministries and branches for concentrating forces with localities and people to prevent, combat and overcome the consequences of storm No.

In particular, specialized agencies related to electricity, telecommunications, water, health, etc. strictly implement the Prime Minister's telegrams to ensure the best supply and overcome the consequences to ensure essential needs.

The Prime Minister thanked the people and businesses for basically complying with the direction and leadership of competent authorities; following the instructions of specialized agencies, voluntarily participating in storm prevention and control, and supporting each other to overcome the consequences caused by the storm.

The Prime Minister said that immediately after this conference, the Prime Minister will go to Quang Ninh province and Hai Phong city; Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh will go to the coastal provinces of the Red River Delta; Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc will go to the northern mountainous provinces, and Deputy Prime Ministers Le Thanh Long and Bui Thanh Son will go to the remaining localities to direct the work of overcoming the consequences of storm No. 3.

Pointing out lessons learned in leadership, direction; mobilization of forces; organization of implementation; information, communication; commendation and discipline work, etc., the Prime Minister requested sectors and localities to focus on reviewing the number of people killed, injured and missing to rescue and support funeral arrangements; reviewing families with material losses to provide support, so that no one is left without food, clothing, shelter, or a place to rely on, no student is left without a class or school, no patient is left without medicine or a place to be treated; focusing on overcoming incidents of electricity, water, telecommunications and essential services serving leadership, direction, production and consumption; organizing objective and accurate statistics of damage to have timely handling plans; focusing on preventing, combating and overcoming the consequences of floods, landslides and subsidence caused by storm circulation.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh directed Party committees, authorities at all levels and relevant sectors to proactively and actively overcome the consequences of storm No. 3 according to their functions, tasks and authority.

The Ministries of Industry and Trade, Information and Communications, Transport, Agriculture and Rural Development, Natural Resources and Environment, Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, and Construction strictly implement State management within their authority, and provide guidance on regulations, standards, and norms for overcoming consequences.

Ministries: National Defense, Public Security, rescue forces continue to be on duty to promptly respond and overcome consequences, especially after storms and floods, especially landslides, flash floods, subsidence, etc. Media agencies maintain and update regularly until the storms and floods are really over, especially instructing people on storm and flood prevention skills.

Ministries, branches and localities, based on the actual situation, handle reserve sources of finance, materials, food, etc., to serve the restoration of production, business, and support people's lives; propose support from the Central Government for timely handling, ensuring the rapid restoration of life and production, completed before 24:00 on September 8.

The Prime Minister called on people, organizations, businesses, agencies and localities that did not suffer damage to support people, organizations, businesses, agencies and localities that suffered damage and were affected, in the spirit of "having little help little, having much help much; having wealth help wealth, having merit help merit", "mutual love and affection", "the whole leaf covers the torn leaf, the torn leaf covers the more torn leaf".