Proactively prepare response plans for storm No. 5 when it makes landfall in Ha Tinh

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Duong Tat Thang and the provincial delegation inspected the fishing port and storm shelter area Cua Sot in Loc Ha commune.

As of 9:00 a.m. on August 23, there were 188 fishing boats of fishermen from inside and outside the province anchored at the Cua Sot fishing port and storm shelter area. The Ha Tinh Fishing Port and Storm Shelter Management Board proactively coordinated with the Cua Sot Border Guard Station to notify, guide and support fishermen to bring their boats to safe storm shelters.

Next, the provincial working delegation inspected the subsidence location on the Huu Nghen dike in Dong Ha 2 village, Thach Ha commune (formerly Dong Ha 2 village, Thach Long commune, Thach Ha district).

At locations K25+851 to K25+881 on the Huu Nghen dike, the lower part of the dike has been eroded and eroded deeply, in some places up to 7 - 8m deep. On the surface of the dike and traffic road, there have been many subsidence and large cracks, in some places the cracks are deeper than 20cm; the stone embankment on the slope has many sections washed away by water. The subsidence, cracking, and landslide points are close to residential areas and have spread to the houses of households, causing cracks in the gates, yards, and walls of houses.

Through on-site inspection and listening to reports from localities, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Duong Tat Thang acknowledged the proactiveness of units and localities in preparing plans to respond to storms and floods. However, it is quite worrying that currently in the communes, there are a number of degraded bridges, culverts, and dikes that have not been repaired in time, a number of projects are being implemented, and many landslides threaten infrastructure, houses, and traffic.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Duong Tat Thang affirmed: The tropical depression has strengthened into a storm, directly affecting the North Central provinces, including Ha Tinh. Therefore, local authorities and people must closely monitor weather developments, immediately deploy proactive measures, especially on-site plan 4 to respond and minimize damage caused by storm No. 5.

Units and localities urgently call on ships and boats to come ashore to avoid storms; strictly manage the departure of ships and boats; guide ships and boats to anchor at wharves and river mouth areas to ensure safety; proactively develop plans to ensure the safety of natural disaster prevention works and works under construction.

Proactively develop plans to drain and prevent flooding for summer-autumn rice and aquaculture areas; organize tree pruning, bracing, and reinforcing signs, houses, public works, industrial parks, factories, and warehouses. Review areas that are frequently deeply flooded, areas at risk of flash floods and landslides, assign staff to specifically monitor areas at high risk of natural disasters, and proactively implement response plans, including plans to evacuate people, to ensure the safety of people's lives.

For degraded structures with high risk of insecurity, it is necessary to arrange forces and vehicles to be on standby at key locations to be ready to respond to the developments of floods and rains. Regularly inspect and control the area, resolutely not allowing people to stay on boats, cages, rafts, and watchtowers during heavy rain and strong winds.

Director of the Department of Agriculture and Environment Le Ngoc Huan and the delegation inspected the operation at Ho Ho Hydropower Plant (Huong Khe commune).

Proactively responding to storm No. 5, Ho Ho Hydropower Plant (Huong Khe commune) has closely followed weather developments, proactively monitored rainfall and water flow to the lake at each time to develop an operating plan to ensure safety for the project and downstream areas.

Next, the delegation inspected the safety of Cha Cham reservoir in Huong Pho commune. The reservoir has a designed capacity of 0.66 million m³, providing irrigation water for 38 hectares of agricultural land and part of the Khe Tay main canal in Huong Pho commune.

Over a long period of exploitation, the project has seriously degraded. In 2023, the reservoir suffered a landslide upstream and was temporarily repaired. However, heavy rains in May and June 2025 continued to aggravate the landslide; many sections have "eaten" deep into the top of the dam, and cracks have appeared on the dam body stretching tens of meters.

Through inspection and working with localities, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Environment Le Ngoc Huan emphasized that the communes of Huong Khe, Huong Pho, Ha Linh, Huong Binh, Huong Do, Huong Xuan and Phuc Trach are frequently affected by natural disasters. Storm No. 5 is identified as a strong storm with a large impact, so local authorities need to focus on prevention work; continue to promote propaganda work so that people can promptly grasp it.

To respond to storm No. 5, localities need to review forces, means, materials, and funding to effectively implement the "4 on-site" motto; closely coordinate with irrigation companies in operating dams, ensuring safety of works and downstream areas; review vulnerable locations prone to flash floods, landslides, and landslides to promptly warn people.

Director of the Department of Agriculture and Environment Le Ngoc Huan requested localities to review households in areas at risk of landslides, flash floods... to evacuate to safe places; review construction works under construction to have plans to protect the safety of the works; focus on bracing fruit tree areas, proactively harvesting areas that are ready for harvest; prepare rescue forces and means to promptly handle bad situations that may occur. Nam Ha Tinh Irrigation Company Limited reviewed and coordinated with the People's Committees of localities to develop specific plans for disaster prevention and control work.

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