Thanh Hoa police work through the night to evacuate people to prepare for storm number 5

(Baothanhhoa.vn) - Implementing the direction of the leaders of the Ministry of Public Security and Thanh Hoa province, from the night of August 24 to the early morning of August 25, working groups of the police of wards and communes along the southern coast of Thanh Hoa went to each house in the waterfront areas to propagate and mobilize people about the need to evacuate to a safe place before storm No. 5 makes landfall...

Ngoc Son ward police went to each house to help the elderly find shelter from the storm.

In Nam Sam Son ward, the ward police force coordinated with relevant departments to check single-parent households and households with dilapidated or damaged houses and resolutely requested them to move to safe places, relatives' houses or to concentrated accommodation according to the arrangement plan of the local government. On the night of August 24, Nam Sam Son ward police relocated 17 households, with a total of 78 people on the seashore of Thanh Minh quarter to temporary accommodation with households that are relatives of families with safer accommodation.

Nam Sam Son ward police evacuated people to a safe area.

At the evacuation points, the ward police have ensured all the essential living conditions for the people at the evacuation sites, absolutely not letting people go hungry or cold.

In Ngoc Son ward, on the morning of August 25, the relocation of households along the sea dike in Bac Chau quarter to a safe area was basically completed. According to Lieutenant Colonel Le Ngoc Anh, Chief of the ward police, in Ngoc Son ward, there are currently 68 households with 204 people from Bac Chau and Yen Chau residential groups that have been relocated to a safe area by the ward police and related forces. In addition, the relocation of people's assets is also being carried out in parallel to ensure security and order when the storm makes landfall.

Around noon on August 25, the storm made landfall from Thanh Hoa - northern Quang Binh (the storm's center was in Nghe An - Ha Tinh). The Provincial Police Director requested the police of coastal communes and wards in southern Thanh Hoa to continue to review and urgently organize the evacuation of people in unsafe houses; in low-lying areas at river mouths and coastal areas at risk of flooding when the storm makes landfall to safe places. Ensure logistics, necessities and accommodation conditions for people at evacuation sites; do not let people return home until the storm has passed.

Thai Thanh (Contributor)

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