According to information from the Lao Cai Provincial Hydrometeorological Station, from the night of November 17, the area will be affected by cold air, scattered rain, and strong winds moving to the Northeast at level 2-3.
The cold air is getting colder in the highlands and mountainous areas. The lowest temperature in low-lying areas is 15-17°C, in high-altitude areas is 10 - 12°C, in high mountainous areas is 7 - 9°C, affecting human health (especially the elderly, children, people with underlying diseases) and the growth and development of crops and livestock.
To proactively respond to severe cold, the Chairman of Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee requested departments, branches, sectors, and agencies members of the Provincial Civil Defense Command; Chairmen of People's Committees of communes and wards to direct and organize implementation with the most urgent, drastic, timely, and effective spirit, not to be passive or surprised.
Chairmen of People's Committees of communes and wards propagate and guide people, especially people in mountainous areas, remote areas, to take measures to prevent cold, ensure health and safety for people; pay special attention to preventing cold and other harsh weather developments for the elderly, children and vulnerable people...
Focus on directing the synchronous implementation of measures to prevent and combat hunger, cold, and epidemics for crops, livestock, and seafood to minimize damage to agricultural production.
At the same time, it is necessary to mobilize people to proactively reserve and store green raw food as well as starch for livestock, ensuring enough feed for livestock in the Winter - Spring crop.
Timely support materials and funding for poor households, ethnic minority households, and policy families to reinforce and cover barns, ponds, and seedling gardens, especially in the spring and buy starch for herds to feed on grass, fertilizers, and biological products to increase crop resistance.
Based on the actual situation, proactively notify and instruct educational and training institutions to let students stay home from school during severe cold, severe cold and other unusual developments due to cold prices according to current regulations.
Disseminate knowledge, guide and recommend people to implement effective cold prevention and control measures, ensure health safety; direct grassroots health forces to ensure necessary medicine and treatment, and organize medical examination and treatment for people.
