Super typhoon Kalmaegi (typhoon No. 13.) is forecast to be strong at level 14, gusting to level 17 - especially dangerous level - and will make landfall in Gia Lai on the evening of November 6. The People's Committee of Gia Lai province has requested all people in the eastern area of the province not to go out from 3:30 p.m., prohibiting vehicles from moving on the road from 5:00 p.m. today.
Recorded at 3:45 p.m. the same day, many communes and wards in the eastern part of the province began to have winds and thunderstorms, accompanied by sudden thunderstorms. In Quy Nhon and Quy Nhon Nam wards, the number of vehicles traveling on the road has decreased sharply, with only specialized vehicles serving storm prevention and fighting and trucks, containers, etc.
Mr. Bui Van Minh (36 years old, residing in Quy Nhon ward) shared: "I have witnessed many storms passing through, but this is a very unusual storm, when approaching the mainland, only 150km away, it does not cause too much rain or wind, the sky is clear at night, sometimes foggy. Before the storm, it was very scary. Hopefully, the storm will weaken when it makes landfall, minimizing damage to people".
On the same afternoon, Mr. Duong Hiep Hung - Chairman of Nhon Chau Commune People's Committee - said that the locality had evacuated 275 households with 580 people to safe shelters. "During the evacuation campaign, some households did not comply and were forced to ask the enforcement force to take them to safety," said Mr. Hung.
Nhon Chau is the only island commune in the province, more than 20km from the mainland and the first place to welcome storm No. 13. Currently, the waves have risen to 3-5m high, the sea water was hit by waves, causing local flooding at the headquarters of the People's Committee of the commune.
The whole commune has a total of 605 households with 1,560 people. People were evacuated to concentrated locations such as Nhon Chau Border Guard Station, Commune Health Station and schools.
Food and food reserves are carefully prepared: the whole commune has 10 tons of reserve rice; businesses on the island still have about 450 boxes of instant noodles, 400 banh chung, 300 bottles of drinking water and many other dry foods, enough to serve people for 30 days if isolated by the storm.
