The goal is to ensure absolute safety for people and State assets. Minimize damage caused by natural disasters; at the same time, promptly evacuate people in vulnerable areas to safe places, especially vulnerable groups.
According to the scenario, storm No. 13 has a wide range of impact, moves quickly and is likely to make landfall directly in Dak Lak with strong winds of level 9-10, gusting to level 12.
In the worst case scenario, the hypothetical scenario is that the storm could strengthen to level 12-15, accompanied by very heavy rain.
It is forecasted that from the afternoon of November 6 to noon, the whole province will have heavy to very heavy rain. The Eastern and Northern regions will have common rainfall of 200-300mm, some places over 400mm/ period.
The western region will have 80-150mm of rain, some places will have more than 200mm. Warning of heavy rain over 100mm/3 hours, which could cause widespread flooding. In particular, the downstream of Ba River, Ky Lo River and Ban Thach River are likely to exceed alert level 3; Serepok River is above alert level 2.
The risk of landslides in mountainous areas, damage to houses, power outages and traffic disruption is assessed at a high level.
With a level 9-10, level 12 gusts of wind (level 3 natural disaster risk), the province plans to evacuate 22,718 people. Of which, 14,419 people were evacuated on the spot, 8,299 people were evacuated in large numbers.
In case of strong storms of level 12-15 (level 4 natural disaster risk), the total number of people needing to be evacuated can reach 88,984 people, including 42,152 people evacuated on the spot and 46,832 people evacuated in a concentrated manner.
The evacuation locations are prioritized for interspersed arrangement in communities, schools, agency headquarters or hotels. The support force includes the disaster prevention shock team at the grassroots level, military forces, police, and commune border guards.
Chairmen of People's Committees of communes and wards directly command the scene, based on actual developments to deploy appropriate plans.
For major floods on the Ba, Ky Lo, and Ban Thach rivers, it is expected to evacuate 7,953 households with 29,157 people.
Specifically, Ban Thach River Basin: 3,256 households/12,071 people; Ky Lo River Basin: 1,601 households/5,117 people; Ba River Basin: 3,096 households/11,969 people.
Evacuation points were also arranged at schools, agencies, and hotels, combined with support from the disaster prevention and control shock team, police, military and border guards.
The Provincial Civil Defense Command requires localities to proactively update the actual situation to promptly relocate and evacuate people, ensuring maximum safety before, during and after the storm.
