On the morning of November 6, Mr. Nguyen Viet Thanh - Chairman of the People's Committee of Sa Huynh Ward (Quang Ngai Province) - said that the locality is urgently evacuating about 600 households with more than 3,600 people in Thach By 2 residential group from the danger zone to safe shelters before storm Kalmaegi (storm No. 13.) makes landfall.
According to Mr. Thanh, to ensure the safety of the people, Sa Huynh ward has arranged more than 65 concentrated shelters, including cultural houses, schools and other solid structures. The government mobilized all militia, police, youth union members and residential groups to participate in relocation, especially giving priority to households with the elderly, children and temporary housing.
In other coastal localities such as Binh Son commune, Tra Cau ward, or areas at risk of landslides such as Son Ha commune, Ba Vi commune... the evacuation of people is also being urgently implemented.
According to the Quang Ngai Provincial Irrigation Department, by 9:00 a.m. the same day, the whole province had evacuated a total of 5,545 households with 18,297 people to safety.
Specifically, the eastern part of the province has evacuated 3,575 households with 10,888 people (xen combined with 2,637 households/8,139 people; 902 households/2,749 people). The western area of the province has 1,970 households with 7,409 people relocated (xen merged 96 households/451 people; concentrated 1,874 households/6,958 people).
Ms. Dinh Thi Hong Minh - Deputy Secretary of the Quang Ngai Provincial Party Committee - said that on the morning of November 6, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee requested the Provincial People's Committee Party Committee, Party Committees of communes, wards and special zones to focus on leading and directing the response to storm No. 13.
Localities must proactively grasp the situation and developments of storms, deploy timely response plans to minimize damage, absolutely do not be subjective or negligent, and promptly evacuate people from areas at high risk of floods, landslides, flash floods or areas prone to isolation and isolation.
The Provincial Party Committee also requested to postpone all unnecessary meetings and conferences during the storm to focus on prevention work. Party Secretaries of communes, wards and special zones must directly direct at the grassroots level, drastically implement measures to respond to storms, floods and landslides in the areas under their management.
Millions of arms turn to compatriots affected by storms and floods
Consecutive storms and floods have caused many deaths, missing and injuries; many houses and production and business establishments have had their roofs blown off and suffered heavy damage. People across the northern mountainous provinces and the central provinces are struggling to cope with floods and heavy losses in human lives and property due to floods and thunderstorms.
"A piece of food when hungry is worth a package when full", with the spirit of mutual love that has always been a beautiful image of the Vietnamese people, the Golden Heart Social Charity Fund calls on domestic and foreign philanthropists to join hands to share with people affected by floods to have food, clothing, shelter, students have books to go to school...
The Golden Heart Social Charity Fund would like to sincerely thank the precious feelings of agencies, businesses, and domestic and foreign philanthropists.
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