According to the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention - Search and Rescue of Dien Bien province, in the first 4 months of this year, the province was directly affected by 5 natural disasters, including the following types: severe cold, severe cold, causing 2 injuries, property damage of about 5.8 billion VND.
According to the Command Committee, the work of forecasting natural disasters and areas at risk of natural disasters has not been timely, leading to propaganda and warning to the people being passive and subjective. The damage and natural disasters are still being overcome by the situation where people in disaster areas rely on rescue forces...
Recently, Mr. Lo Van Cuong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Provincial Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention - Search and Rescue has requested that members of the Steering Committee, all levels, sectors and districts urgently review and deploy plans and scenarios for natural disaster prevention and control in accordance with the types, developments of natural disasters and specific local conditions.
In particular, special attention should be paid to proactive and drastic measures to reduce human losses caused by floods, flash floods, and landslides. The work of responding to and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters must closely follow the "four on-site" motto, mobilizing maximum forces and means to serve natural disaster prevention, avoidance, response, search and rescue and overcoming the consequences to ensure timeliness and efficiency to reduce damage to people.
Propaganda work to improve capacity, awareness and skills to respond to natural disasters for people needs to be carried out in many forms and in a timely manner.
Mr. Lo Van Cuong informed that in areas with a wide risk of major floods, flash floods, and landslides, localities need to proactively arrange forces and means to be ready to respond with the spirit of " proactively responding at the highest level", not being passive or surprised.
