Southern provinces told to brace for severe weather this year

  • Sea dikes are damaged by floods in Tran Van Thoi district, the southernmost province of Ca Mau. VNA Photo: Huỳnh Anh
    Sea dikes are damaged by floods in Tran Van Thoi district, the southernmost province of Ca Mau. VNA Photo: Huỳnh Anh
  • Rural roads are inundated in the southernmost province of Ca Mau. VNA Photo: Huỳnh Anh
    Rural roads are inundated in the southernmost province of Ca Mau. VNA Photo: Huỳnh Anh
  • Sea dikes are damaged by floods in Tran Van Thoi district, the southernmost province of Ca Mau. VNA Photo: Huỳnh Anh
    Sea dikes are damaged by floods in Tran Van Thoi district, the southernmost province of Ca Mau. VNA Photo: Huỳnh Anh
  • Heavy rains, whirlwinds and tides cause losses in production and property to locals in the southernmost province of Ca Mau. VNA Photo: Huỳnh Anh
    Heavy rains, whirlwinds and tides cause losses in production and property to locals in the southernmost province of Ca Mau. VNA Photo: Huỳnh Anh
  • Heavy rains, whirlwinds and tides cause losses in production and property to locals in the southernmost province of Ca Mau. VNA Photo: Huỳnh Anh
    Heavy rains, whirlwinds and tides cause losses in production and property to locals in the southernmost province of Ca Mau. VNA Photo: Huỳnh Anh
  • Hundreds of hectares of summer-autumn rice fields in Tran Van Thoi district, the southernmost province of Ca Mau are damaged by floods. VNA Photo: Huỳnh Anh
    Hundreds of hectares of summer-autumn rice fields in Tran Van Thoi district, the southernmost province of Ca Mau are damaged by floods. VNA Photo: Huỳnh Anh
The southern region might be hit by powerful storms at the end of this year, a conference on natural disaster prevention and control heard in Ho Chi Minh City late last week. According to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, this year southern provinces and cities will be affected by the La Nina phenomenon, in which cooler than normal seas in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean impact global weather patterns. La Nina has been causing high waves and strong winds in the last few weeks. Hydro-meteorological forecasts indicate that in the second half of this year there could be around 12 storms and tropical depressions over the East Sea, half of which could directly affect Vietnam. The centre also forecast floods at the end of October due to higher than average rainfall. According to the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, provinces also need to be ready for strong waves and high tides and resultant landslides. VNA Photo: Huỳnh Anh

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