Hanoi (agencies)
More than 800,000 people have been evacuated from the Vietnamese authorities as Typhoon Noro approached from the Philippines across the South China Sea, where it is expected to make landfall on Wednesday.
In a statement, the Vietnamese authorities called on residents of coastal areas to leave their homes and seek refuge in safe places and havens, disrupted studies, ordered the closure of schools and canceled all government activities, adding that about 270,000 soldiers were placed on high alert with the approach of Typhoon Noru. According to the statement, those authorities imposed a curfew in the coastal provinces of Da Nang and Quang Nam, canceled flights at 9 regional airports and suspended train services.
“We don’t have much time left. The typhoon is intensifying, so our responses must be stronger and faster,” Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chin said at an emergency disaster response meeting. top priority.”