On March 19, Ca Mau province summarized the work of natural disaster prevention, control, search and rescue in 2024.
Reports at the conference showed that the level of damage caused by natural disasters is increasing. In 2024, natural disasters in Ca Mau province killed 1 person, 7 vehicles sank, 225 houses were damaged and damaged; 840 locations were affected by landslides and subsidence of nearly 22,000m long; more than 940 hectares of rice and 2.5 hectares of shrimp ponds were affected, with total damage of over 44 billion VND.
In addition to the damage caused by natural disasters, in 2024, there were also 100 accidents that killed 46 people, left 8 people missing, injured 42 people, sank 11 fishing boats; burned 18 houses and 40 hectares of cajuput trees, causing damage of about 10 billion VND.
Localities promptly organized visiting groups to encourage and support households affected by natural disasters to soon restore production and stabilize their lives.At the same time, it is necessary to effectively mobilize and mobilize all resources to overcome the consequences and rebuild after natural disasters, with a total cost of about 36.7 billion VND.Of which, support for 1,000 households affected by drought, with a total cost of 5.5 billion VND; support 2,700 households to restore damaged rice and vegetable production, with a total cost of 4.67 billion VND; associations and unions organized to mobilize support for 20 households affected by damage to houses, support 314 water tanks, 1,455 filtered water bottles, 200 life jackets, with a total cost of nearly 1 billion VND.
The whole province has mobilized nearly 1,830 billion VND for natural disaster prevention, response and overcoming consequences from budget sources.Organize training, coaching, and drills on disaster response plans with about 800 participants.Actively promote the application of information technology and digital transformation in disaster prevention and control, making it easier for people to access information on disaster prevention and control.
It is forecasted that from now until the end of the year, there will be about 11-13 storms and tropical depressions in the East Sea. The 2025 rainy season is likely to start in late April to early May, 5-10 days earlier than the same period in 2024. Ca Mau province proactively and remotely takes measures to prevent and control natural disasters; step up propaganda on natural disaster prevention, control, application of information technology, develop and update plans and solutions for natural disaster prevention and search and rescue close to natural disaster warnings and forecasts; continue to invest in consolidating, upgrading and perfecting the dyke system and natural disaster prevention and control works to improve the capacity to respond to natural disasters more effectively.
