According to the forecast, Typhoon Wipha has entered the northeastern sea area of the North East Sea, becoming the third storm of 2025. At 7:00 a.m. on July 19, the center of the storm was at about 20 degrees North latitude; 119.8 degrees East longitude. It is forecasted that in the next 24 hours, the storm will move west-northwest at a speed of about 20-25 km/h, entering the East Sea and strengthening.
At 1:00 a.m. on July 20, the center of the storm was at about 21.8 degrees North latitude; 115.7 degrees East longitude, in the northern sea area of the North East Sea, about 600 km east of the Lusi Peninsula (China), with strong winds of level 10-11, gusting to level 13. Natural disaster risk level: level 3.
The City People's Committee, departments, branches, units and localities have proactively implemented storm prevention and control measures. Specifically, the City Military Command strictly maintains the on-duty regime, organizes reviews and inspections of cooperation plans, prepares forces and means, and is ready to handle situations that arise. The City Border Guard Command has directed units using the search and rescue information system to coordinate with the families of boat owners, captains, and aquaculture cage owners to notify and guide fishermen and vehicle owners operating at sea, especially offshore fishing vessels, to grasp the developments of the storm to proactively move and avoid the storm.
The Department of Agriculture and Environment has issued a document on ensuring the safety of dykes during the 2025 flood season to urge localities and Project Management Boards (investors) to strengthen inspection of dykes and irrigation works and proactively handle incidents that may arise from the first hour; Request investors of dykes under construction in the city to immediately implement measures to ensure the safety of the works.
The Standing Office for Natural Disaster Prevention of the City's Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Search and Rescue and Civil Defense (Department of Water Resources Management & Natural Disaster Prevention) has arranged to increase leadership and staff on duty to organize a 24/24 hour Standing Committee to promptly grasp the situation of rain, floods and developments of storm No. 3. On the other hand, direct the Dyke Management Departments to assign specialized management forces to strengthen inspections of dyke lines, especially locations of dykes, embankments, and vulnerable culverts that have been identified to promptly detect and advise on measures to handle construction incidents from the first hour, ensuring the safety of the dyke system.
Localities organize information transmission on the grassroots broadcasting system about the developments of storm Wipha so that organizations, individuals and communities in the area are proactively ready to take response measures.
In particular, the city currently has 63 key points of dykes, embankments, and sewers that need attention in storm and flood prevention. The above key points have been urgently developed and approved by communes, wards and special zones for key protection plans according to the "four on-site" motto. For flood prevention, Irrigation Works Exploitation Companies in the area have removed buffer water, prepared machinery and equipment, and standing forces to operate according to requirements.
Regarding the situation of moving ships, according to the report of the Hai Phong Border Guard Command, as of 7:00 a.m. on July 19, the authorities have coordinated to count and notify 1,657 vehicles with 4,668 workers, 157 cages with 289 workers; 3 watchtowers with 6 workers in operation and anchored to know the developments of the storm to proactively prevent it.
Speaking at the conference, Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Tran Van Quan suggested that departments, branches, units and localities urgently focus on seriously and effectively implementing a number of key tasks. In particular, building specific scenarios and details to respond to each arising situation. Before 12:00 on July 19, the sectors have documents to express their opinions and propose detailed storm prevention and control plans, specifically sent to the Department of Agriculture and Environment for synthesis and reporting to the City People's Committee. The Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee also assigned the Department of Industry and Trade to direct the electricity sector to have a plan to ensure the power source for communication, direction and operation of the city is smooth; have a plan to protect the port, provide goods services when situations arise...
