A plan to evacuate roughly 800,000 people in northern localities has been planned as storm Conson approaches.
The National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Response on Thursday held an urgent meeting on measures to respond to typhoon Conson.
Because of the impact of the tropical convergence, since Wednesday evening, some northern localities, including Hoa Binh and Son La have been facing heavy rains. The same weather has also affected central provinces from Thanh Hoa to Quang Binh.
Hoang Phuc Lam, deputy director of the National Center for Meteorological and Hydrological Forecasting, said that the typhoon has entered the East Sea to become the fifth typhoon set to hit Vietnam this year.
The storm has been forecasted to make landfall at the Paracel Islands by 7 am on September 11 with strong wind.
Northern provinces have planned to evacuate close to 800,000 people in case of the storm, including 155,000 people in areas at high risks of flash floods and 230,000 in coastal areas.
A report from the Border Guard Command showed that around 71,500 ships and boats had been updated on the typhoon in order to take preventive measures to ensure safety.
Currently, around 500 ships and boats are operating in areas that would be affected by the storm, mostly in the Paracel Islands. They are mainly fishermen from the central provinces of Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Binh Dinh and Quang Ngai. Many of them are moving out of dangerous areas.
Nearly 800,000 planned for evacuation due to typhoon Conson
A plan to evacuate roughly 800,000 people in northern localities has been planned as storm Conson approaches.
Source: dtinews.vn
