Educational institutions in Quang Binh proactively let students stay home from school
On September 19, the Department of Education and Training of Quang Binh province said that to ensure the safety of students, administrators, teachers, and staff, educational institutions are required to proactively let students take time off from school based on the actual situation. At the same time, they should focus on flood prevention work, and not be subjective or negligent.
Areas at risk of flash floods, landslides, and deep flooding during heavy rains should proactively move machinery, teaching equipment, documents, and records to higher floors or to places without the risk of flooding to avoid property damage. Develop a plan to ensure the safety of teachers and students when going to school, especially in low-lying areas.
It is forecasted that today (September 19) to the night of September 20, in the Quang Binh area, there is a possibility of heavy rain, some places with very heavy rain. The focus of heavy rain is from September 19-20. The total specific rainfall is as follows: Tuyen Hoa and Minh Hoa districts from 130-280mm, some places over 380mm; Quang Trach districts, Ba Don town, Bo Trach, Dong Hoi city from 140-290mm, some places over 390mm; Quang Ninh and Le Thuy districts from 150-300mm, some places over 400mm.
Heavy rains are likely to cause flash floods and landslides in Tuyen Hoa and Minh Hoa districts; mountainous areas of Bo Trach, Quang Trach, Quang Ninh and Le Thuy districts. Flooding in low-lying areas, riverside areas; urban areas.
Dong Hoi City urgently lets students stay home from school
On the morning of September 19, the Department of Education and Training of Dong Hoi City (Quang Binh Province) announced that it had just issued an urgent dispatch allowing students to stay home from school from the afternoon of the same day.
Accordingly, to cope with storm No. 4 and heavy rain, students in Dong Hoi City will be off from school from this afternoon (September 19) until further notice. The school will have a normal lunch from 11:00-11:30, parents can pick up their children before or after lunch.
Previously, the Department of Education and Training of Quang Binh province informed that educational institutions should proactively let students take time off from school based on the actual situation.
According to the Department of Education and Training of Quang Binh, to ensure the safety of students, administrators, teachers, and staff, educational institutions are required to proactively let students take time off from school based on the actual situation. At the same time, focus on flood prevention work, and not be subjective or negligent.
Areas at risk of flash floods, landslides, and deep flooding during heavy rains should proactively move machinery, teaching equipment, documents, and records to higher floors or to places without the risk of flooding to avoid property damage. Develop a plan to ensure the safety of teachers and students when going to school, especially in low-lying areas.
According to Lao Dong Newspaper, at 8:45 a.m. on September 19, in Dong Hoi City, wind began to appear and rain fell in waves.
On Vo Thi Sau Street (Dong Hoi City), a tree was uprooted and lying across the road. Authorities came to trim the branches.
On the morning of September 19, some roads in Dong Hoi City (Quang Binh) were partially flooded due to heavy rain.
Students in Thua Thien Hue province stay home from school to avoid storm No. 4
Accordingly, implementing the direction of the Provincial People's Committee, the Department of Education and Training of Thua Thien Hue province announces: The Departments of Education and Training, Vocational Education and Training Centers and units under the Department of Education and Training notify all teachers and students to take a day off on September 19 to prevent storms and floods.
After Thua Thien Hue province decided to announce that students in the entire province would be off school, at around 5:10 a.m. on September 19, the tropical depression strengthened into storm No. 4, about 200km east of the mainland of the coastal areas of Quang Tri and Thua Thien Hue.
Also on the night of September 18 and early morning of September 19, increased rainfall in Thua Thien Hue province caused some roads to be flooded. To proactively respond, many people raised their belongings and cars to high, safe places to avoid damage.
Previously, households living in areas at risk of landslides were also evacuated to safety by local authorities. At noon on September 18, the Border Guard Command of Thua Thien Hue province called for 1,884 vehicles/10,685 workers, all boats had entered safe anchorage (100%). Fishing boats from other provinces had entered anchorage: 23 vehicles/194 workers.
2 coastal districts in Quang Tri let students stay home to avoid storm
On the morning of September 19, the Department of Education and Training of Quang Tri province confirmed that on the evening of September 18, it had sent a document to units about proactively responding to storm No. 4.
Accordingly, the Department of Education and Training of Quang Tri province requires heads of units and schools to proactively let students take time off from school depending on the developments of tropical depressions and storms in each area.
After this directive, Lao Dong Newspaper noted that in the early morning of September 19, some localities and schools have allowed students to stay home from school. In particular, Vinh Linh and Gio Linh districts have allowed all students to stay home from school since the morning of the same day.
The remaining localities require schools to review and proactively let students stay home from school if there is heavy rain in low-lying areas. For example, in Dong Ha city, some schools proactively let students stay home from the morning of September 19.
In addition to allowing students to stay home from school, schools are proactively reviewing and checking facilities, especially classrooms, functional rooms, roofs, drainage systems, etc. to ensure safety against storms. In addition, they are preparing evacuation plans to move students, teachers, teaching materials and equipment to safe places.
According to the Quang Tri Province Hydrometeorological Station, in the early morning of September 19, the tropical depression in the northeastern area of Hoang Sa archipelago strengthened into a storm, storm number 4.2024.
The center of the storm at 7:00 a.m. on September 19 was approximately 17.5 degrees North latitude; 108.7 degrees East longitude, approximately 165km East Northeast of Quang Tri.
The strongest wind is level 8 (62-74km/h), gusting to level 10. At Con Co island in Quang Tri province, the wind is level 7, gusting to level 8. At Cua Viet town, the wind is level 4-5, gusting to level 6.
Warning of heavy rain from morning to night of September 19. From the morning of September 19, coastal areas will be directly affected by strong winds, after which the strong winds will gradually increase inland. There is a high risk of flash floods and landslides in mountainous areas, flooding in low-lying areas and in Dong Ha City.
