Central region ready for dealing with two storms, tropical depression


The Standing Office of the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control reported that two people were killed, a person is still missing and five people were injured in the recent flood after an unusual extreme rain. Additionally, the heavy rainfall, whirlwinds and big waves capsized 262 vessels, devastated 2,592 floating cages, 88,055 hectares of paddy fields and 16,177 hectares of vegetable crops.
Although the floodwater level in rivers receded under alert level 1 on April 3, the flooding has remained in some districts of Hai Lang, Vinh Linh, Gio Linh, Trieu Phong, Cam Lo and Quang Tri Town of Quang Tri Province; low-lying areas of Phu Vang, Phong Dien, Quang Dien, Phu Loc, Huong Thuy districts in Thua Thien- Hue Province.  

According to the General Department of Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, several places in Da Nang City and Thua Thien-Hue Province experienced a rainy spell throughout Sunday.

The weather agency also issued a warning of a new flood in the provinces from Thua Thien-Hue to Khanh Hoa and the eastern Central Highlands region from April 3 to April 6; the appearance of two storms and a tropical low-pressure system. 

General Director of the General Department of Natural Disaster Prevention and Control Tran Quang Hoai inspects flood and downpour situations in the Central region. 
Last night, the Office of the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control sent an official letter to its subdivisions in the coastal provinces from Quang Ninh to Kien Giang to ask the localities to closely monitor the development of the storms and a tropical depression as well as proactively deal with the worse situation ahead. 

According to information from international forecasting agencies Windy, Ventusky, from April 7 to April 8, it is expected that a tropical low-pressure system will appear in the southern waters of the East Sea and two storms will form in the eastern Philippines before it may enter the East Sea.  

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