PM Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the urgent meeting on September 27 (Photo: VNA)The meeting was connected viavideo conference to administrations of eight provinces and city, 88district-level localities, and 1,155 communes and wards in the central and CentralHighlands regions predicted to be affected by the storm.
PM Chinh said Noru, the fourth stormto appear in the East Sea this year, is heading towards the central region,noting that he issued an official dispatch on September 25 to urge response tothe typhoon.
Apart from strong winds, the typhoonwill bring heavy rains along, so it is also important to cope withpost-storm landslides and floods, he added.
The Government leader demandedlocalities step up calling on fishermen and vessels to seek shelters; ensuresafety for aquaculture farms, people’s livelihoods, students, and tourists; andprotect heritage sites, infrastructure, and economic facilities to minimisedamage.
At4am on September 27, Noru had its eye in the southeast of Vietnam's Hoang Sa (Paracel)archipelago and sustained winds of up to 150 - 166km per hour, according to theNational Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
The predicted path of Typhoon Noru (Source: VNA)In the following 12- 24 hours, the typhoon will continue moving mainly westwards at some 20 - 25kmper hour. Its centre will be on the waters near the coast of the provincesfrom Quang Tri to Binh Binh at 4am on September 28, when the strongest winds willbe around 150 - 166km per hour.
Inthe next 24 - 48 hours, Noru will keep moving in the same direction at some20km per hour, roll into the central part of the central region, and abate intoa tropical depression and then a low-pressure area in Thailand. The low-pressurearea’s strongest winds will slow down to less than 39km per hour.
To deal with the comingstorm, the director of the aviation authority for the central region hasdecided to temporarily shut airports in this region.
Accordingly,the airports of Da Nang (Da Nang city), Phu Bai (Thua Thien-Hue province), Pleiku(Gia Lai province), and Phu Cat (Binh Dinh province) will be suspended from 12noon on September 27 to 11:59am on September 28. Chu Lai airport in Quang Namprovince will be closed from 7am on September 27 to 6:59am on September 28.
Therefore,flights to and from those airports during the time will be delayed.
Othersto and from the airports of Vinh (Nghe An province), Dong Hoi (Quang Binhprovince), Tuy Hoa (Phu Yen province), Lien Khuong (Lam Dong province), andBuon Ma Thuot (Dak Lak province) will also be rescheduled.
Meanwhile,the Hanoi Railway Transport JSC also said it will suspend the Thong Nhatpassenger trains that depart on September 27, namely SE5 from Hanoi to Ho ChiMinh City and SE6 from HCM City to Hanoi, to avoid the typhoon’s impacts./.
VNA
