The Department of Agriculture and Environment - Hue City Department of Irrigation and Climate Change has just completed a leaflet providing flood warning information so that people in the whole city can easily access and grasp content related to flood developments, thereby proactively responding.
The content of the leaflet refers to rainfall and river water levels; what to do when there is heavy rain for people in the inner city, people living in riverside areas, low-lying areas, mountainous areas; how to monitor flood levels over time; map of safe parking during flooding; loudspeakers warning of high-capacity floods; what to do before, during and after floods and storms; how to download the Hue-S application and contact information in case of emergency.
The leaflet also integrates QR codes for people to download content when necessary, helping to increase access and effectively respond to floods.
A reality for many years is that before each storm and flood, not only the people of Hue city but also the Central and Northern provinces often fall into a state of warning information when there is excess, when there is shortage; and many confusing technical terms make each person understand each way, each hamlet in a judgment.
As a result, many people react slowly or passively to unusual developments, even dangerous ones of floods, leading to losses of people and property.
Therefore, the completion of the Hue City Irrigation and Climate Change Sub-Department's leaflets to provide flood warning information in a concise, intuitive but complete manner is a good and practical approach, demonstrating the innovation in the locality's disaster prevention thinking.
Not only stopping at "reporting information", Hue City also aims to help people master information as soon as possible to react correctly and act promptly and safely.
From these leaflets containing a lot of warning information and instructions for action, people not only know when there is heavy rain and flood but also know what to do, in what order and who to contact in emergency situations.
In the context of increasingly severe climate change, when unusual rains and sudden water levels are no longer rare, this new approach is even more meaningful.
Natural disasters cannot change, but the way we access information and respond must be changed to minimize possible damage to people and property.
And Hue is showing that.
This is also an experience worth considering for many other localities, especially the Central provinces - where they all face more and more serious storms and floods every year.
