Binh Dinh (VNA) – The Office of the Steering Committee forNatural Disaster Prevention and Control, Search and Rescue of the south-centralprovince of Binh Dinh said that a fishing vessel drowned by high waves at seahas been rescued.
The 823CV boat, coded BD 99047 TS with 10 crew members onboard and ownedby a resident of Hoai Thanh commune, Hoai Nhon district of Binh Dinh, met theaccident at the waters about 50 nautical miles from the Vietnam-Indonesia marineborder on January 3.
Immediately after receiving a SOS from the boat, the committee asked forcoordination from the National Committee for Natural Disaster Response, Search,and Rescue; the provincial border guard forces, local fishing boats, andrelevant agencies to rescue the sailors.
As of 12:30 the same day, a fishing vessel owned by Nguyen Van Vang,also from Hoai Thanh commune, successfully rescued all 10 sailors from thecapsized boat before reaching the coast of Malaysia to avoid a tropical typhoonarising at sea.
On January 2, southern provinces urged fishing boatsto land or seek shelter as storm Pabuk, the first storm to enter the East Seain 2019, approaches.
As of 7am on January 2, storm Pabuk was about 460kmsoutheast of the southern region and 360km southeast of Con Dao island, withwind speed reaching 75km per hour. It is currently moving west-southwest.
With the effects of the storm and extreme coldspells, strong winds are forecast to hit the western area of the East Sea, aswell as seas of provinces from Quang Ngai to Binh Thuan and from Ba Ria-VungTau to Ca Mau.–VNA
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