On August 27, the Chairman of the People's Committee of Thanh Hoa province issued Official Dispatch No. 17/CD-UBND on urgently handling and overcoming incidents on dykes and preparing dyke protection plans.
According to the telegram, due to the impact of storm No. 5 and heavy rain after the storm, floods on rivers are rising rapidly. The upstream water level of Chu River, Ma River, Yen River is at level 2 to level 3; the downstream of Ma River at Ly Nhan station is above alert level 2; Chu River at Xuan Khanh station is above alert level 1; Buoi River at Kim Tan station is approximately at alert level 3 and continues to rise.
Currently, the dyke system has had many incidents, especially on the left and right Chu dykes (in Tho Lap, Xuan Lap, Xuan Hoa, Tho Xuan, Dong Tien, Thieu Quang communes) and the left Hoat dykes (Ha Long commune).
In the face of the above situation, the Chairman of the People's Committee of Thanh Hoa province requested the Chairmen of the People's Committees of communes and wards with dykes to urgently mobilize forces, materials and means to handle incidents from the first hour, not to develop them further; identify the incident area as a vulnerable focus to develop and deploy protection plans; inspect, review and implement the dyke protection plan, especially at points that have not been completely fixed and works under construction.
The provincial Department of Agriculture and Environment directly directs the work of ensuring dyke safety, increasing patrols, guarding and advising on handling the situation from the first hour. The Provincial Military Command, the Provincial Police, and the Department of Construction are assigned to prepare forces and means to support localities when required. The provincial Hydrometeorological Station strengthens monitoring, forecasting, and timely flood warnings for authorities and people.
The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee emphasized that relevant units must seriously deploy and resolutely carry out tasks to ensure the safety of the dyke system in the situation of continued complicated floods.
