VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked relevant ministries, agencies and localities, especially those in the central region, to work out response plans to cope with typhoon Trami that entered the East on October 24 and is heading for the mainland of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has sent an urgent telegram, requesting relevant ministries and localities to be well prepared for tropical storm Trami that is expected to enter the East Sea and cause heavy rain in a couple of days.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a conference in Hanoi on September 28 to review and draw lessons on storm prevention and control following the recent landfall of typhoon Yagi as well as the severe consequences it caused.

La Nina, with a greater possibility of occurring in the remaining months of this year, may cause the risk of heavy rains, storms and floods, especially in the central region, according to Head of the Weather Forecast Department under the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHF) Nguyen Van Huong.

VOV.VN - Tropical storm Soulik has brought heavy rain to central Vietnam for the past few days, claiming four lives, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland (VFF) Central Committee Do Van Chien on September 20 received support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, diplomatic missions, and foreign enterprises to people affected by recent Typhoon Yagi and its subsequent floods in some northern localities.

Dr. Kambiz Ghawami, President of the World University Service (WUS) Germany, has presented 18 water filters - Portable Aqua Unit for Live Saving (PAUL) - to the Vietnamese localities affected by Typhoon Yagi and Storm Soulik.

VOV.VN - With storm No. 4 weakening into a tropical low-pressure zone, severe floods are expected as the water level of many rivers in central localities such as Quang Binh province and Da Nang city is rising swiftly.

Dong Hoi Airport in the central province of Quang Binh will be temporary closed from 3pm on September 19 due to Storm Soulik that is forecast to make its landfall in the central region of Vietnam by September 19 afternoon, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

VOV.VN - Local fishermen in central localities, including Da Nang, are busy hiring cranes to bring their boats ashore ahead of a major storm which is expected to make landfall by the afternoon of September 19.