Chairman of the City People's Committee directed the implementation of measures to respond to floods and landslides.

The Chairman of the Hai Phong City People's Committee requested departments, branches, sectors and localities to urgently and synchronously deploy drastic measures to prevent and respond to floods and landslides.

Water levels on rivers in Hai Phong city are high due to floods from upstream.

Accordingly, the city's departments, branches, sectors and People's Committees of communes, wards and special zones focus on closely monitoring and continuously updating the developments of floods and rains, proactively deploying response plans according to their functions, tasks and authority; promptly reporting and proposing to the City People's Committee to direct the handling of issues beyond their authority.

People's Committees of communes, wards and special zones mobilize maximum local forces, carefully check residential areas and high-risk areas to proactively evacuate people from dangerous areas. Strengthen information, propaganda, and instruct people to limit travel during floods, control vehicles through roads, overflow tunnels, and deeply flooded areas to ensure safety.

Localities proactively monitor the operation and regulation of dams, ensure the safety of dykes and irrigation works, and promptly mobilize forces and means to overcome incidents when they occur. It is necessary to fully prepare means, materials, food, provisions, and essential necessities in key and vulnerable areas at risk of isolation to be ready for rescue, relief, and support people to overcome the consequences of natural disasters according to the motto "four on-site".

The Department of Education and Training closely monitors developments and forecasts of rain, floods, and landslides in localities to direct educational institutions to have appropriate teaching plans, ensuring the safety of students above all.

Hai Phong City Hydrometeorological Station provides regular, timely and most accurate information on rain, flood, flash flood, landslide situation so that agencies and localities can proactively deploy response measures.

The Department of Agriculture and Environment regularly monitors, updates developments and forecasts the situation of rain, floods, and landslides, promptly advises the City People's Committee and the City Civil Defense Command on the contents that need to be directed and managed. At the same time, proactively directs and guides the implementation of response work, ensures the safety of dikes, dams, irrigation works and agricultural production according to its authority; mobilizes forces and means to be ready to handle possible situations, minimizing damage caused by natural disasters.

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