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On the morning of November 7, at the Military Command of Gia Lai province, after Storm No. 13 weakened into a tropical depression, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha chaired a meeting of the Forward Command Department on prevention, avoidance, response, and overcoming the consequences of Storm No. 13 to hear reports on initial damage statistics, as well as direct urgent measures to overcome the consequences caused by Storm No. 13. Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha chaired the meeting of the Forward Command Department to prevent, avoid, respond and overcome the consequences of storm No. 13 - Photo: VGP/Minh Khoi On behalf of the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister acknowledged, praised and appreciated the efforts of localities that have seriously and responsibly implemented the instructions, prepared plans to prevent, respond and organize population relocation. According to initial assessment and hydrometeorological data, storm No. 13 is a storm very strong. While at sea, reach level 15, suddenly level 16-17; When reaching the mainland, it was still recorded at Quy Nhon port as level 14. However, thanks to careful preparation and proactive prevention, damage was initially assessed at a lower level than the forecast scenario. The Deputy Prime Minister requested localities to report briefly, going straight to the main contents, including: Forecasting, impact assessment, damage and recommendations under or beyond authority. The Deputy Prime Minister emphasized the need to learn from experience after each storm, not to let repeat the existence of the previous storm. The Deputy Prime Minister said he would report to the Prime Minister to organize a meeting in November to clearly determine thinking and methods of prevention, response and recovery, ensuring proactiveness for localities. Timely protection of people in the most dangerous time Regarding initial damage, by the time of the meeting, storm No. 13 had killed 5 people, 3 people were missing; The number of damaged houses is quite large, of which more than 200 houses completely collapsed and about 7,000-8,000 houses had their roofs blown off (data is continuing to be reviewed from localities); 9 ships and boats sank in the anchorage area. Representative of the locality where storm No. 13 swept through, Chairman of Gia Lai Provincial Peoples Committee Pham Anh Tuan said that the locality has activated 14 working groups, 144 communes, wards and towns mobilized forces down to residential areas. Military and police forces directly rescued nearly 200 people during a major storm, causing peoples houses to have their roofs blown off and collapse overnight. Lieutenant General Le Quang Dao reported at the meeting - Photo: VGP/Minh Khoi Regarding the damage, Gia Lai recorded 2 deaths, of which one case was due to a collapsed house, one case was due to a tree falling into the house. The province reports that over 500 houses collapsed, more than 3,000 houses had their roofs blown off; About 60% of customers across the province lost power due to broken low and high voltage poles. The work of restoring electricity and communication is being implemented urgently. Preliminary estimates show that economic damage in Gia Lai is over 5,000 billion VND. The province requested the Central Government to support resources to repair infrastructure and soon stabilize peoples lives. Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha highly appreciated the efforts to respond to storms at the grassroots level, especially the fact that on-site forces promptly protected people in the most dangerous times, and at the same time requested the electricity industry to urgently re-evaluate the storm-resistant ability of the power pole system and power grid to adjust technical standards, ensuring long-term safety. Localities reported at the meeting - Photo: VGP/Minh Khoi. Hue City leaders said that when Storm No. 13 landed, strong winds from level 5 appeared in the area, with stronger gusts in some coastal areas. Rainfall in some places reaches 80-100 mm. The city has organized the relocation of about 600 households and more than 2,500 people to a safe place, and mobilized 230 officials and vehicles to participate in support. The water level of the reservoirs is currently maintained at a low level to proactively welcome floods. The inflow of water has decreased, and the flooding situation downstream of the Huong River is basically controlled. Up to now, no damage to people or property has been recorded. The key immediate work is to overcome the environment. Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha noted the initial results of Hue city, and asked the locality to urgently overcome the consequences of the flood and soon return peoples lives to normal. In Quang Ngai, Chairman of the Provincial Peoples Committee Nguyen Hoang Giang said that storm No. 13 caused widespread strong winds of level 8-10. Rising sea levels flooded some coastal areas from Tinh Khe to Sa Huynh. The water levels of the Tra Khuc, Ve and Phuoc rivers reached alarm levels of 2-3 depending on the section. The locality recorded 3 people missing on Ly Son island, of which one committed suicide, the remaining two went to rescue and were in trouble; Along with that, 3 people were injured. In addition, a number of provincial roads, East Truong Son road and coastal roads were eroded and slid. Regarding the incident of cargo ships stuck in the port area, Quang Ngai is coordinating with the Ministry of Construction and relevant units to come up with a plan to pump oil out of the ship and tow it to ensure safety, avoiding the risk of an oil spill. The Deputy Prime Minister requested the Ministry of National Defense and the Oil Spill Response Center to directly direct and completely handle the situation in the next 1-2 days, to avoid any risks arising. The representative of the Ministry of Construction said that experts have proposed a towing plan, using three tugboats clamped on both sides to bring the ship into a safe parking area. De
