On October 23, Can Tho City People's Committee issued an official dispatch on proactively responding to floods combined with high tides in the ninth lunar month.
In order to carefully prepare for the meeting of the City's Civil Defense - Disaster Prevention and Control and Search and Rescue Command Committee to review, evaluate and draw lessons from the response to the two high tides in October 2024 (expected time at the end of October 2024), the Chairman of the Can Tho City People's Committee assigned the Chairmen of the Ninh Kieu and Binh Thuy District People's Committees to determine the causes of urban flooding during high tides in October 2024.
Corresponding to alarm level I, alarm level II and alarm level III, how many roads and points are flooded in the district; how many roads and residential areas in the flood prevention project area of the ODA Project Management Board are flooded. Coordination with relevant agencies and units, mobilization of support forces, overcoming difficulties caused by flooding; immediate response solutions and proposals and recommendations in the coming time.
The ODA Project Management Board identifies the causes, coordinates with relevant agencies, units and Ninh Kieu and Binh Thuy districts in flood prevention operations. Forecasting, management and operation of the flood prevention system during high tides in October 2024; difficulties, obstacles, limitations and proposals and recommendations in the coming time.
Can Tho City Hydrometeorological Station provides accurate and complete information to serve the direction, proactive implementation of measures to prevent and respond to natural disasters during the two high tides and forecasting work in the coming time.
The Department of Construction and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of the city commented and assessed the causes of urban flooding, proposed solutions to prevent urban flooding when the tide rises and heavy rains. State management work and implementation of assigned tasks on natural disaster prevention and control and urban and rural flooding.
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has reported on the impact of the two high tides across the city and made proposals and recommendations for the coming time.
