Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha chaired a meeting to direct the overcoming of the consequences of storm No. 5 and response to post-storm floods.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha chaired a meeting to direct the overcoming of the consequences of storm No. 5 and response to post-storm floods and rains - Photo 1.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha chaired the 4th meeting of the Forward Steering Committee to respond to storm No. 5, after the storm made landfall in Ha Tinh and Nghe An on the evening of August 25 - Photo: VGP/Minh Khoi

A quick report from the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment said the storm's circulation is wide, covering almost the entire East Sea, causing widespread rain from the North to the North Central region.

As it moved closer to the Central Coast, the storm slowed down, at times remaining almost stationary for more than 3 hours, then after making landfall continued to move very slowly, causing the time spent on land to last for about 10 hours (from 6:00 p.m. on August 25 to 4:00 a.m. on August 26). This caused strong winds to last longer, increasing the danger level.

On the afternoon of August 25, storm No. 5 made landfall in the Nghe An - Ha Tinh area with intensity of 11-12, gusting to level 13. By early morning of August 26, the storm moved to Central Laos and weakened into a tropical depression.

Due to the storm's influence, from August 24 to the morning of August 26, Ha Tinh had very heavy rain, commonly from 200-450mm; Thanh Hoa and Nghe An had rain of 200-400mm; Quang Tri from 150-300mm; the North had rain of 100-200mm; some stations had very heavy rain such as: Thuong Tuy (Ha Tinh) 673mm, Cam Xuyen (Ha Tinh) 599mm, Ky Phong (Ha Tinh) 589mm, Van Xuan (Thanh Hoa) 534mm, Hua Na (Nghe An) 464mm.

Heavy rain caused floods on the Ma River (Thanh Hoa) at Cam Thuy station at 19.31m, on BĐ2 at 0.31m, at Giàng station at 4.0m (at BĐ1 level) and is currently rising; floods on the upper reaches of the Ca River (Nghe An) at Thach Giam are rising to 66.98m, on BĐ1 at 0.98m; on the Gianh River (Quang Tri) have peaked on BĐ1 and are now falling.

It is forecasted that by 4:00 p.m. on August 26, the tropical depression will weaken and gradually dissipate. From early morning on August 26 to morning on August 27, the midlands and deltas of the North, Son La, and Lao Cai will have widespread rain of 60-120mm, locally over 200mm.

On August 26, from Thanh Hoa to Ha Tinh, there will be 50-100mm of rain, locally over 150mm. There is a high risk of landslides in the mountainous areas of the North and from Thanh Hoa to Ha Tinh.

Floods on rivers in Thanh Hoa and Nghe An continue to rise. On the Buoi River, it rises above level 2-3. On the Ma River at Cam Thuy station, it rises to level 2-3, at the downstream Giang station, it rises to level 1-2. On the Ca River (Nghe An), at Con Cuong station, it is 29.75m, 0.5m above level 3, at the downstream Nam Dan station, it is below level 1. Flood warning on the Hoang Long River (Ninh Binh) rises to level 1-2.

By the morning of August 26, key locations of weak dikes, irrigation and hydroelectric reservoirs were basically safe; infrastructure works, telecommunications, traffic works, etc. still maintained operations during the storm (without widespread disruptions like in storm Yagi).

According to initial reports from localities, as of 6:00 a.m. on August 26, storm No. 5 killed 3 people (Nghe An 1, Ha Tinh 1, Ninh Binh 1), injured 10 people (Phu Tho 1 person, Ha Tinh 5 people, Quang Tri 4 people); 7 houses collapsed (Ha Tinh); 6,802 houses had their roofs blown off or were damaged (Ha Tinh: 6,340); 3,094 houses were flooded (Thanh Hoa: 1,935, Ha Tinh 1,129).

The storm flooded 28,814 hectares of rice (Nghe An 4,443 hectares, Ha Tinh 20,802 hectares, Quang Tri 2,108 hectares), 2,221 hectares of crops (Nghe An 524 hectares, Ha Tinh 1,673 hectares), 2,202 hectares of fruit trees (Ha Tinh) and broke 17,968 trees (Thanh Hoa 241, Nghe An 1,914, Ha Tinh 15,813).

There are currently 6 landslides on rural traffic routes (Thanh Hoa 3, Quang Tri 3) and local flooding of some traffic routes, underground overflow at 11 locations in Thanh Hoa (causing traffic jams) and in 7 communes of Quang Tri province...

The power system recorded 3 500KV grid incidents (2 incidents have been resolved); 4 220KV grid incidents (completed); 331 broken power poles (Thanh Hoa 28, Nghe An 225, Ha Tinh 22, Thai Nguyen 17, Phu Tho 4); 1,273,479 customers lost power.

Currently, localities are organizing to overcome the consequences and continue to review and synthesize damage data.

The Government Portal will continue to update information.

Minh Khoi

Source: https://baochinhphu.vn/pho-thu-tuong-tran-hong-ha-chu-tri-hop-chi-dao-khac-phuc-hau-qua-bao-so-5-ung-pho-voi-mua-lu-sau-bao-102250826072413942.htm