Some houses had their roofs blown off due to the impact of storm number 4.

Quang Binh urgently evacuated nearly 1,000 people to avoid storm No. 4

On the afternoon of September 19, Mr. Hoang Van Linh, Chairman of the People's Committee of Kim Thuy Commune (Le Thuy District, Quang Binh Province) said that the local government had just evacuated 36 households in the area from the landslide site. Accordingly, the local government had evacuated 36 households with 160 people from Mit Cat village.

“These households are located in areas at risk of landslides, so the commune urgently evacuated them to safe locations. The commune has provided food for the next few days to help people overcome the storm and flood,” said Mr. Linh.

According to the latest information from the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Search and Rescue and Civil Defense of Quang Binh province, as of 11:00 a.m. on September 19, the province had evacuated 238 households with 918 people. The evacuation was concentrated in Le Thuy, Bo Trach, Tuyen Hoa and Minh Hoa districts.

Heavy rain in Quang Tri, flood water in rivers and streams rises rapidly

According to Huong Lap Border Guard Station (Huong Hoa), it is currently raining heavily, the water level in rivers and streams is rising, at some spillways the water level is about 0.5m, some locations are at risk of landslides.

Huong Lap Border Guard Station coordinated with the People's Committee, police and military forces to deploy forces to put up danger signs, propagate and mobilize some households to move to safe locations.

Currently, Tri village and Cuoi and Tri resettlement areas are isolated due to high floodwaters and cannot be passed through. At Cup village resettlement area, there is a slight landslide, the unit has evacuated 4 households/15 people from areas at risk of landslides and floods.

Storms, tornadoes, high waves in Ha Tinh

Due to the impact of storm No. 4, Ha Tinh experienced prolonged heavy rain. In the early morning of September 19, many places in the province experienced thunderstorms and tornadoes, causing some damage to people. Coastal areas are forecast to have strong winds of level 6-7, in the south level 8, gusting to level 9-10, waves 2-4 m high, rough seas.

People must not be subjective.

This morning, September 19, at the Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, Mr. Pham Duc Luan, Director, chaired a meeting to respond to storm No. 4.

At the meeting, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Tung, Deputy Head of the Department of Natural Disaster Response and Overcoming, Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, noted that storm No. 4 has less wind force than storm No. 3, but people should not be subjective to avoid unfortunate damage.

"People should not be subjective or negligent with the intensity of the storm because fishermen are keen on fishing in areas with lots of fish, thinking that their boats can withstand it. Second, we need to pay attention to the rain and floods after the storm. The rain and floods are very heavy, in some places over 500mm, pay attention to the mountainous areas where flash floods and landslides occur, especially in the mountainous areas of Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue, or deep flooding in areas such as Ha Tinh, riverside areas of Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue", Mr. Tung informed.

Since early this morning, the circulation area of ​​storm No. 4 has caused very heavy rain. The cloud band causing bad weather stretches from the southern delta to the South Central region. Last night and this morning, in some areas of Thua Thien Hue, Da Nang, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, there was very heavy rain, with rainfall in some places exceeding 200mm.

According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, at 2:00 p.m. on September 19, storm No. 4 weakened into a tropical depression.

The center of the tropical depression is located at about 16.9 degrees North latitude, 106.9 degrees East longitude, on the mainland of Quang Binh - Quang Tri provinces, with the strongest wind at level 7 (50-61km/h), gusting to level 10.

It is forecasted that in the next 3 hours, the tropical depression will move in the West Southwest direction, at a speed of about 15-20km/h.