Public Security Forces to proactively respond to storm Yutu
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The dispatch, which was sent to the Steering Committee for Climate Change, Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, and Search and Rescue under the Ministry of Public Security, the Police Departments of the provinces from Quang Ninh to Khanh Hoa, the High Command of Mobile Police, the Department of Traffic Police, and the Department of Fire Police, requests police units at all levels to be on the alert and draw up plans against Storm Yutu.
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| Public Security Forces to proactively respond to storm Yutu. |
To effectively respond to the upcoming storm, the Ministry of Public Security’s Office asks all above mentioned units to:
Strictly implement dispatch 53 / CD-TW issued on October 28, 2018 by the Permanent Office of the Central Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention, and the Office of the National Committee for Search and Rescue;
Closely monitor developments of the storm via the mass media while actively coordinating with relevant units to safety for people and assets;
Deploy forces to be on 24/24h duty, ready forces and means for rescue missions upon requests, and periodically report Ministry of Public Security’s Office on the situations of localities and developments of the storm.
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Super typhoon Yutu, with wind speeds up to 200km per hour, was heading for the East Sea (South China Sea ) on Saturday morning, the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting reported. At 7am on Saturday, the storm’s eye was 880km east of the Luzon Island, the Philippines. The strongest winds near the storm’s centre were 185 to 200km per hour.
In the next 24 hours, the storm is predicted to move southwest at 15 to 20km per hour. At 7am on Tuesday, it is predicted to hit Luzon Island. The strongest winds will reach 135 to 150km per hour. In the next 48 to 72 hours, the storm will move southwest at 15km per hour, about 550km northeast of the Paracel Islands. The centre has urged steering committees on search and rescue of provinces from Quang Ninh to Khanh Hoa to prepare for the storm in collaboration with the National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control and related agencies. |
