- Government chief orders sustained efforts to respond to floods, seventh storm
- Public Security forces help local people in flooding
- Quang Tri police officers deployed to support people in flooded areas
The country's Central region has been battered by torrential downpours since last week, causing severe flooding and landslides. Many places in the region are experiencing the worst flood in decades. By October 13, the natural disaster claimed at least 29 lives and left dozens of others missing.
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| Officers deployed to transport food to people isolated by the flooding. |
Over the past days, following an emergency dispatch from the Ministry of Public Security and the direction of the Mobile Police High Command, the Central Mobile Police Regiment has deployed hundreds of officers, soldiers and means to help local people dealing with the flood.
On October 12, 30 officers and two canoes were sent to Binh Duong commune, Thang Binh district, Quang Nam province to join with local forces in evacuating people and assets from flooded areas to safe places.
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| Officers deployed to transport food to people isolated by the flooding. |
Another team has been dispatched to Thua Thien-Hue province's Phong Dien and Quang Dien district to transport food and other supplies to people isolated by the flooding. The mobile policemen have also been tasked to be ready for search and rescue missions upon request.
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| Officers clean up road in Danang. |
In Danang city, 100 officers are working hard to clean up roads, schools, office buildings, medical stations and residential houses in Hoa Phong commune, Hoa Vang district, helping locals to soon resume their normal daily life.
Lieutenant Colonel Thai Doan Bang, Commander of Central Mobile Police Regiment, said the unit has maintained the 24/24 duty regulation for all of its officers and soldiers, who will be ready to undertake natural disaster relief and search and rescue missions.
| Regarding the situation in the central region, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recently has issued an urgent telegram requiring that ministries, sectors, and localities focus resources on dealing with the consequences of floods and heavy rain, and coping with, storm Nangka, the seventh storm this year, and tropical depressions. The government leader asked People’s Committees in central localities to keep a close watch on developments to take prompt measures in response while attention should be paid to evacuating people from dangerous areas and assisting them with temporary accommodation and food. The Ministries of National Defence and Public Security were asked to support local people in dealing with torrential rains and floods and overcoming the consequences, while the Ministry of Transport was required to ensure the safety of vessels and vehicles as well as of roads, waterways, and railways in affected areas. Meanwhile, media agencies need to step up communications regarding rain and flood developments to provide accurate forecasts to related offices and the public. According to the National Center for Meteorological and Hydrological Forecasting, storm Nangka, the seventh this year, is moving in the northwest direction and made its landfall in the Gulf of Tonkin on the morning of October 14. The centre has also warned provinces from Thua Thien-Hue to Quang Nam to expect rains of up to 700 mm and Quang Tri and Quang Ngai to get up to 600 mm over coming days. Floods and heavy rain are expected to last until the end of this week. |
