Public Security Forces asked to actively respond to storm Rai

The dispatch 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 provincial/ municipal police departments of coastal provinces from Quang Binh to Kien Giang, as well as the Mobile Police Command, the Police Department of Fire and Rescue, the Traffic Police Department, and the Police Department of Prison, Detention Center and Juvenile Reformatory Management.

To effectively respond to the upcoming storm in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the MPS asks all above-mentioned units to strictly implement orders, dispatches issued by the Government, the Central Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention, the Office of the National Committee for Search and Rescue, as well as directions of the MPS and local authorities on the response to the storm and the storm’s consequence relief.

The MPS urged the units to closely monitor developments of the storm and related dangerous weather phenomena via the mass media to map appropriate responses to the situations; to enhance media coverage on the Public Security Forces’ efforts in saving people from dangerous weather phenomena and supporting disaster-hit people to overcome consequences.

Meanwhile, leaders of the participating units should ensure safety for the officers and soldiers working at disaster-hit areas.

The MPS also requests units to ensure security and order in localities, prepare forces and means for rescue missions upon request.

Data from the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting predicts that the typhoon will enter the East Sea on December 18. By 7am on December 18, the typhoon will be about 270km south-east of Song Tu Tay Island, belonging to Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago, with wind speeds near the eye reaching 135-150km per hour.

It was moving west-northwest at around 25-30km per hour, the centre said. The typhoon, combined with the effects of a cold spell, will cause rough seas and waves of 5-7m will appear in the northern part of the East Sea on December 16 night, the centre said.