On August 24, the People's Committee of Bac Gianh Ward said that the whole commune has 220 hectares of summer-autumn rice, which has so far harvested over 70% of the area, with an output of 47-50 quintals/ha.
To keep up with the progress before storm No. 5 affected, many households have taken advantage of the harvest night. About 20% of the local area is still young, not yet ready for harvest.
The local government said that this morning, the remaining area will be harvested.
In addition to rice production, aquaculture households in the area have also basically finished harvesting. The areas that have not been harvested have been reinforced and surrounded by ponds to minimize damage.
The People's Committee of Bac Gianh Ward recommends that people continue to proactively take preventive measures, absolutely do not be subjective in the face of the complicated developments of storm No. 5.
Latest update from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, at 4:00 a.m. on August 24, the center of storm No. 5 was at about 17.6 degrees north latitude; 111.7 degrees east longitude, about 660 km east-southeast of Nghe An, about 640 km east of Ha Tinh. The strongest wind near the storm center is level 12 (118 - 133 km/h), gusting to level 15.
It is forecasted that in the next 24 hours, the storm will move west-northwest at a speed of about 20 km/h.
At 4:00 a.m. on August 25, the center of the storm was at about 18.3 degrees north latitude; 107.8 degrees east longitude, in the southern Gulf of Tonkin, about 230 km east of Nghe An, about 210 km east of Ha Tinh. Strong winds of level 12 - 13, gusting to level 15 and may increase.
