Localities roll out drastic measures to cope with Typhoon TembinThe Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Search and Rescue of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has urged local vulnerable localities to evacuate locals to safe places as Typhoon Tembin is heading to Vietnam’s mainland. The committee directed local authorities to deploy people and vehicles to help locals, while designing plans to cope with the storm’s effects. Typhoon Tembin, which landed in the Philippines on December 23, killing 200 people and leaving dozens of others missing, is forecast to impacts a number of Mekong Delta localities. On December 24, the People’s Committee of Dong Thap province held an urgent meeting with 12 localities to launch plans to cope with the storm. In southern Tay Ninh province, locals residing around Dau Tieng Lake, Sai Gon and Vam Co Rivers are asked to move to safer places and reinforce their houses.

Source: VietNamNet News December 24, 2017 16:41 UTC