Responding to Typhoon No. 9

The Prime Minister ordered the highest level of response to Super Typhoon Ragasa.

The Prime Minister requested the postponement of non-essential meetings and a focus on responding to Super Typhoon Ragasa at the highest level.

Things to do when a typhoon makes landfall.

When a storm makes landfall, people need to stay put, avoid going outside, refrain from parking under large trees, turn off main power sources, move belongings to higher ground, and follow evacuation orders.

Typhoon No. 9 could reach level 12 when it makes landfall, with plans to evacuate 1,2 million people.

Typhoon No. 9 is forecast to move quickly, reaching level 12 when it makes landfall, affecting a very wide area, so provinces from Nghe An to Phu Yen may have to evacuate 1,2 million people.

Typhoon No. 9 made landfall in the early morning of November 25th, heading towards the area from Binh Thuan to Ben Tre.

Typhoon No. 9 is expected to make landfall on the night of November 24th and the early morning of November 25th, coinciding with high tides, thus increasing its danger level.

Rising sea levels (4 meters) flooded homes, forcing nearly 100 residents in Binh Thuan to evacuate urgently.

Authorities in Binh Thuan province have evacuated nearly 100 residents of Ho Tom village (Tan Phuoc commune, La Gi town) to safety due to rising sea levels flooding their homes.

Ho Chi Minh City leaders mobilized, disseminated information, and helped people in Can Gio reinforce their houses.

Leaders of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee mobilized and disseminated information through various forms, including loudspeakers, to help people in Can Gio reinforce their houses against the impact of typhoon No. 9.

Still reeling from the aftermath of Typhoon No. 8, the people of Khanh Hoa are now anxiously bracing for Typhoon No. 9.

The people of Phuoc Dong commune (Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province) are still reeling from Typhoon No. 8, which claimed the lives of 7 people, and now they are filled with anxiety as Typhoon No. 9 is about to make landfall.

Responding to Typhoon No. 9: Can Tho requests district and commune chairmen not to leave their areas.

To proactively respond to the storm, the People's Committee of Can Tho City requested that the Chairmen of the People's Committees of districts and communes not leave their areas during the weekend (November 24-25).

Nha Trang residents frantically flee the storm, while tourists calmly stroll along the beach.

While hundreds of residents of Nha Trang City (Khanh Hoa province) were frantically trying to escape the storm, a large number of tourists were calmly strolling on the local beach.

More than 23.000 people are currently working in the area affected by Typhoon No. 9.

The Director General of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Control requested that localities urgently call upon and guide 3.855 vessels and 23.509 people operating in the dangerous area to find shelter and evacuate from the dangerous zone of Typhoon No. 9.

Vietsovpetro implements plan to respond to Typhoon No. 9.

According to forecasts, Typhoon No. 9, from November 24-25, 2018, will affect the sea area around the Bach Ho, Rong, and possibly Thien Ung oil fields.

Typhoon No. 9 will directly affect Vietnam's offshore oil and gas blocks on November 23rd.

According to forecasts from the Environmental Health and Safety Board of the Vietnam National Petroleum Exploration and Production Corporation (PVEP), from noon on November 23rd, the area of activity of Typhoon No. 9 (with wind speeds of level 9-10 (75-100 km/h), gusts up to level 12) will begin to affect offshore oil and gas blocks in the Central and South Central regions of Vietnam.

Typhoon No. 9 is developing in a complex manner; Khanh Hoa province is urgently relocating 400 households.

The People's Committee of Nha Trang City (Khanh Hoa province) has directed the relocation of approximately 400 households in landslide-prone and dangerous areas to safe locations to avoid Typhoon No. 9, which is expected to have complex developments.

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