On August 31, according to the forecast of the Southern Hydrometeorological Station, there will be thunderstorms and gusts of wind in An Giang province. In the next 24 hours, the sea area from Ca Mau to An Giang will have scattered showers and thunderstorms, during thunderstorms, beware of tornadoes and strong gusts of wind. West to Southwest wind level 4 - 5, gusting to level 6 - 7.
The provincial Irrigation Department said that as of the afternoon of August 30, in Vinh Thanh B Hamlet, National Highway 61, Binh An Commune, there was heavy rain accompanied by strong winds, collapsing a house (pre-cast house). Fortunately, there were no human casualties.
Faced with the above situation, the People's Committee of Binh An commune went to the scene to verify, visit and encourage the affected family. At the same time, mobilize police, military forces and people to support affected families in cleaning and repairing their houses to stabilize their lives.
The provincial Department of Agriculture and Environment also requires localities to effectively implement the "4 on-site" motto, review localities and areas, and mobilize people to prune trees that are not guaranteed and are at risk of falling, endangering people and vehicles.
Implement the protection of houses and warehouses; guide the implementation of measures to ensure safety for production, aquaculture and ensure safety for tourists when visiting the islands during rainy and stormy days.
Gather forces to prevent and combat natural disasters and be ready to support people when damage occurs. In particular, pay attention to directing timely response to temporary flooding caused by heavy rain for the Summer-Autumn-Winter 2025 rice crop and crops, livestock, and seafood.
Organize the deployment of shock forces to inspect and review residential areas along rivers, island communes, low-lying areas, proactively unblock the flow to ensure the safety of people in the area. Propagate to people to protect drainage infrastructure, not to cover water intake gates. Cleaning and sanitizing sidewalks, roads, and areas around rainwater intakes, not leaving garbage behind that affects drainage, causing local flooding, especially in concentrated urban areas and industrial parks.
The Phu Quoc Special Forces Civil Defense Command also requires units to proactively coordinate with agencies to strengthen inspection work, remind tourism businesses in the management area to strictly implement the instructions of competent authorities on timely response measures to strong winds, big waves, and thunderstorms. Ensure safety for tourists when sightseeing at sea and islands during thunderstorms, strong winds and big waves.
Organize reviews and identify dangerous areas, especially mountainous areas at risk of landslides, mountain rocks and areas with warning of landslides on the coast, rivers and canals that are especially dangerous under warnings to proactively evacuate people and property from dangerous areas. For places that do not have the conditions to be relocated immediately, localities must have proactive evacuation plans when natural disasters occur to ensure the safety of people's lives, especially solutions to handle early-hour landslides to limit the expansion of landslides at landslides in the area.
