A severe weather warning is in place for Central Viet Nam, including Da Nang, with forecasts of heavy rain, strong winds and cold wave within the next 10 days.

Viet Nam’s National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting ((NCHMF) predicts a cold snap over Central Viet Nam from November 30.

Widespread heavy rain is expected across the central region within early December under the combined influence of strong cold air and upper level easterly winds.

The East Sea is being monitored for possible formation into a tropical depression or even a storm from a tropical disturbance within the next several days, according to NCHMF.

National forecasters indicate that a low-pressure area may form over the southern part of the East Sea from December 1 to 3, and the tropical wave could develop into a tropical depression or even a storm thereafter.

There is a 65%-75% chance of developing into a tropical depression and a 15%-25% of developing into a storm thereafter, forecasters say.

Under these conditions, the Northern part and the middle of the East Sea (including the waters of Hoang Sa islands) could experience gusty northeast winds at level 7 and level 8 at isolated locations, and the gusts as high as levels at 9 to 10 and rough seas.

The Da Nang Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Search and Rescue and Civil Defence is urging authorities at local level and relevant units to take appropriate precautionary measures to cope with severe weather conditions in the coming days.

The heed must be paid on assisting local residents to prepare for severe weather in an attempt to keep them safe and protect their properties.

Importance must be attached to taking resilience measures to help save lives and reduce the damage to individual houses, public infrastructure and crops. In addition, all necessary steps are needed to move people living in low-lying areas, along rivers and streams and areas at high risk of flash floods and landslides to safe places. Special attention must be given to making the resources available in order to drain rainwater from agricultural fields, low-lying areas, urban areas, most densely populated areas, industrial zones and other areas most at-risk of flooding in an effort to reduce costly damage to crops and property.

Reporting by HOANG HIEP – Translating by H.L