Mr. Nguyen Van Son, Chairman of Hoi An City, said that stopping ticket sales to visit the old town to prevent and combat storm Noru directly affects the locality.
There are currently thousands of tourists staying in Hoi An. On September 26, tourists still visited and experienced the light rain. Hearing the storm news, many people in Hoi An moved to other places.
Tourists visit Hoi An on the afternoon of September 26. Photo: Dac Thanh
Hoi An authorities have instructed to reinforce houses, offices, warehouses, production facilities, businesses, services, tourist accommodation facilities... to ensure the safety of the people and tourists. The work of evacuating people in dangerous areas is being carried out urgently.
At the Japanese Covered Bridge, local authorities have completed the work of supporting this special monument. In addition, trees along the streets have also been trimmed to avoid falling and damaging the monument.
The Japanese Covered Bridge is reinforced with wooden beams to prevent storms. Photo: Chi Khanh
According to the National Center for Hydrometeorology, storm Noru, at level 13 (149 km/h), is approaching the Hoang Sa archipelago, forecast to cause strong winds in the central sea area from tomorrow noon. Today, the storm will mainly move west-northwest at a speed of 20-25 km/h, and by 4am tomorrow it will be 250 km from the Hoang Sa archipelago, maintaining level 13, gusting up three levels.
The storm then maintained its speed in a westerly direction, with a tendency to intensify. At 4am on September 28, the storm was about 170km from the mainland of Da Nang - Binh Dinh, with the strongest wind speed of 166km/h, level 13-14, gusting to level 17.
