Information about the upcoming natural disaster situation at the regular press conference organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment on September 4, Mr. Hoang Duc Cuong - Deputy Director of the Department of Hydrometeorology (Ministry of Agriculture and Environment), from now until the end of 2025, should pay attention to some key developments: storms, floods and cold air activities.
"Regarding storms, from now until the end of 2025, there may be 5-7 storms or tropical depressions in the East Sea. It is possible that half of them will affect the mainland of Vietnam" - Mr. Cuong said.
According to the representative of the Department of Hydrometeorology, according to the law of the storm season, storms and tropical depressions at the end of the season often affect the area from the Central region to the south. In addition, this year, cold air is forecast to arrive early.
Mr. Cuong commented that this further clarifies the warning signal for a complex flood season.
"The activity of storms and tropical depressions combined with cold air can increase the possibility of high-intensity rain in a short time, leading to the risk of urban flooding, industrial parks, flash floods, and landslides in the mountainous areas west of the Central region" - Mr. Cuong analyzed.
At the meeting, Deputy Director of the Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention (Ministry of Agriculture and Environment) - Mr. Nguyen Truong Son, said that the 5th storm and floods after the recent storm caused about VND2,900 billion in damage to the provinces in the North Central and Northern regions, concentrated in Nghe An, Thanh Hoa, and Ha Tinh provinces.
Mr. Nguyen Truong Son said that storm No. 5 is an unusual storm, forming in the East Sea and strengthening very quickly, with a short life cycle of only about 3 days.
The maximum intensity of the storm before making landfall will reach level 14, gusting to level 17 - equivalent to Typhoon Yagi (No. 3, 2024) and stronger than Typhoon Doksuri (No. 10, 2017). The storm circulation is wide, covering almost the entire East Sea, causing widespread rain on land...
Regarding the damage, Mr. Nguyen Truong Son said that according to reports from localities, updated as of September 3, storm No. 5 and floods after the storm have caused 8 deaths, 1 missing person, 77 injuries; 510 houses collapsed, 38,683 houses had their roofs blown off, damaged; 13,014 houses were flooded; 443 schools had their roofs blown off, damaged.
In addition, up to 104,369 hectares of rice were flooded and damaged; 17,295 hectares of crops; 5,958 hectares of fruit trees and 11,729 hectares of forest were broken; 154,457 livestock and poultry died and were swept away; 8,028 hectares of seafood were flooded and overflowed; 126 cages were swept away and damaged; 199,774 trees of all kinds were broken; 102 ships were sunk, hit and damaged.
Regarding traffic, storm No. 5 and floods after the storm caused 12,420m of traffic roads to be eroded and damaged with a total of 95,407m3 of rock and soil.
Regarding irrigation and dykes, there have been 3 dike incidents in Hanoi; Thanh Hoa has had 12 dike incidents; 9,880m of riverbanks and embankments were eroded; 28,642m of canals were eroded and washed away. Storm No. 5 and post-storm floods also caused 3 500KV power grid failures; 4 220KV power grid failures; 14 110KV power grid failures; 4,772 broken power poles.
The material damage caused by storm No. 5 is about VND2,900 billion, said Mr. Son.
