Proactively respond to the risk of storms overlapping storms

According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, at 1 p.m. today, November 10, the center of storm No. 7 (Yinxing) was located at about 18.8 degrees North latitude, 113.0 degrees East longitude, in the western sea area of ​​the North East Sea, about 240km North-Northeast of the Hoang Sa archipelago. The strongest wind near the center of the storm is level 12, gusting to level 14.

It is forecasted that within the next 24-48 hours, storm No. 7 will continue to move southwest and its intensity will rapidly decrease to below level 10 due to unfavorable conditions of temperature and humidity.

Meanwhile, at 1 p.m. today, the center of storm Toraji was at about 15.2 degrees North latitude, 125.5 degrees East longitude, in the sea northeast of Luzon Island (Philippines). The strongest wind near the center of the storm was level 11, gusting to level 13.

On the morning of November 11, when moving into the eastern region of Luzon Island, the distance between storm No. 7 and storm Toraji is about 1,200 - 1,400km, which is the distance where the double storm interaction appears, storm Toraji will make storm No. 7 deviate more to the South.

Typhoon Toraji is likely to move into the East Sea in the evening to the night of November 11. Under the impact of these two storms, the northern and central areas of the East Sea will continue to experience bad weather in the coming days, with strong winds, high waves and rough seas.

Today, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development issued Official Dispatch No. 8438/CD-BNN-DD on responding to storm Toraji.

To proactively respond to the storm, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development requested ministries, branches, and Chairmen of People's Committees of coastal provinces and cities from Quang Ninh to Binh Thuan to closely monitor the storm's developments; manage means of transport going out to sea; organize the counting of ships and boats; notify owners of means of transport and captains of ships and boats operating at sea of ​​the location, direction of movement and developments of the storm so that they can proactively avoid, escape or not move into dangerous areas.

Ministries, branches and localities are ready with forces and means for rescue when requested; at the same time, organize serious duty (24/24 hours), regularly report to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development through the Department of Dyke Management and Disaster Prevention and Control.

Ministries and branches, according to their functions, state management tasks and assigned tasks, proactively direct and coordinate with localities to respond to storm developments.

Vietnam News Agency, Vietnam Television, Voice of Vietnam, coastal information stations and mass media agencies from central to local levels should strengthen measures to inform authorities and people about the storm's developments so that they can proactively prevent and respond promptly and effectively.