In response to the complicated developments of storm No. 3 Wipha and heavy rain in the area, implementing the direction of the Ministry of Public Security, the City Party Committee and the City People's Committee, on July 21, the Hanoi City Police Disaster Response Command No. 5061 issued an urgent dispatch, requesting the Police of units to continue to strengthen response to storm No. 3 and the risk of heavy rain, flooding, flash floods, and landslides, focusing on:
Closely monitor warnings, forecasts, and developments of the storm to promptly inform people and promptly deploy plans to prevent and combat natural disasters, minimizing damage to people and property. In which, it ensures the implementation of tasks to prevent and combat storm No. 3 to the grassroots (village, hamlet, village); ensuring security and order at the grassroots level with the goal of safety, health, and people's lives as the top priority.
Proactively mobilize regular forces, be on duty, and reserve to respond to storm developments in all situations; do not organize meetings that are not really necessary. Strengthen propaganda, dissemination, and guidance on measures and skills to respond to natural disasters; suggest organizations and individuals in the area to proactively deploy on-site natural disaster prevention and control measures and coordinate with competent authorities when necessary.
Coordinate with relevant agencies and units to review residential areas, organize evacuation of people from unsafe weak houses; areas at risk of landslides, flash floods, deep flooding... resolutely not to let people stay in areas at risk of insecurity first, while the storm makes landfall (necessary to enforce evacuation to ensure safety). Assign the Commune-level Police to advise the Commune-level People's Committee to urgently complete the Commune-level Civil Defense Command.
Units seriously implement assigned tasks according to the direction of CATP leaders in Plan No. 28 dated January 20, 2025 on responding to climate change, preventing natural disasters, search and rescue and civil defense of Hanoi City Police in 2025.
Assign the Fire Prevention and Rescue Police Department, the Traffic Police Department, and the Mobile Police Department to proactively plan to mobilize and increase forces and means to support the police forces of units to deploy storm and flood prevention and response when necessary; The Logistics Department needs to coordinate with units to proactively propose the issuance and transfer of equipment for natural disaster prevention and control and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters according to regulations.
The leaders of the City Police requested the Police of all units to urgently deploy serious implementation, proactively report unexpected and unexpected situations beyond their authority for timely direction and resolution.
A representative of the Northern Hydrometeorological Station warned that storm No. 3 Wipha could cause strong gusts of wind up to level 8 in Hanoi from tomorrow afternoon, July wholeheartedly warning of dangerous winds during thunderstorms.
