On the afternoon of September 7, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) issued a telegram to 27 Departments of Education and Training in the northern region from Nghe An and beyond, to strengthen response to storm No. 3 (storm Yagi).
According to information from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, on the night of September 6, storm No. 3 entered the Gulf of Tonkin, the strongest wind near the storm's center was level 14, gusting to level 17, with a high risk of flooding in urban areas, low-lying areas, landslides, and flash floods in the midlands and mountainous areas.
To ensure the safety of life and property of teachers, students, education managers and people, the Minister of Education and Training requested localities to base on the actual situation to let students of all levels stay home from school to ensure safety, and absolutely not be subjective with post-storm circulation.
Educational institutions that organize boarding and semi-boarding need to have measures to ensure safety and prepare food and water for students in dormitories, and not let them go home during storms, which are unsafe.
The Minister also requested localities to continue taking measures to prevent flooding, develop plans to ensure the safety of school buildings, move machinery, teaching equipment, documents, and records to higher floors or move them to places without the risk of flooding to avoid damage.
At the same time, the Minister requested to develop a plan to clean up classrooms, take measures to prevent epidemics to ensure cleanliness and safety when students return to school, and have a plan to make up for lost time during the school break. Be ready to let people take shelter in educational institutions with safe facilities.
Localities synthesize the damage and develop a plan to report to the Provincial People's Committee for remediation, and at the same time report to the Ministry of Education and Training to synthesize and report to the Prime Minister.
According to information from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, at 5:00 p.m. on September 7, the center of storm No. 3 (Yagi) was located at about 20.9 degrees North latitude; 106.9 degrees East longitude, on the coastal area of Quang Ninh - Hai Phong.
The strongest wind is level 12-13 (118-149km/h), gusting to level 16. In the next 3 hours, the storm will move in the West Northwest direction, at a speed of about 15-20km/h.
