Police and military personnel in Da Nang on Friday morning helped residents in Son Tra District’s Tho Quang Ward pull their boats ashore as typhoon Conson continues to gain strength and it will affect northern part of Da Nang.

Military personnel and militia helping local residents pull a boat ashore

Tho Quang Ward Party Committee Secretary Duong Thanh Ha said that the armed forces and local people are working together to pull fishing boats from the water as soon as possible in order to mitigate storm damage to local people’s properties.

Currently, a combined total of 457 large fishing boats are anchored in the Tho Quang Fishing Wharf while boats docking at the transverse area will be pulled out of water within today.

Below are some images of police and military officers and soldiers working together with local people to prepare fishing boats for typhoon Conson in the morning of September 9:

Large fishing vessels are anchored in the Tho Quang Fishing Wharf while boats docking at the transverse area are being urgently pulled ashore.

Basket boats are gathered at one place to get ready to be pulled ashore.

A crane is used to pull the boats out of water

Truck will carry the boats to a safe place

Basket boats and fishing vessels find storm shelter in the Tho Quang Fishing Wharf.

Basket boats are being pulled ashore.

Reporting by HAN NGUYEN – translating by H.L