Typhoon Prasang: Jiangsu Holds Video Deployment Meeting to Defend Against Storm

According to Jiaohuidian News, on the evening of September 18, Jiangsu held a video deployment meeting to defend against Typhoon “Prasang”.

Typhoon Prasang No. 14 is expected to land in the coastal areas of Zhejiang Province from the afternoon to the evening of the 19th, bringing heavy wind and rain to most parts of our province. The meeting emphasized that all localities and departments must resolutely implement the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping on flood control and typhoon prevention, follow the deployment requirements of the provincial party committee and the provincial government, and further implement typhoon defense measures in a targeted manner on the basis of reviewing and summarizing the defense work of Typhoon Bebejia to ensure the safety of life and property.

The meeting required that the investigation and rectification should be further deepened, and the window period before the arrival of Typhoon “Prasang” should be seized to conduct a comprehensive and carpet-style re-investigation and elimination of various risks and hidden dangers. The defense measures should be further refined to ensure that tracking and judgment are in place, early warning and response are in place, and risk control is in place. Emergency preparations should be more reliable, and professional emergency rescue forces and social rescue teams should be assembled and on standby, with sufficient emergency materials and equipment and drainage facilities, and deployed in advance to key areas affected by the typhoon. Defense responsibilities should be tightened, and the heads of defense command at all levels should be on duty and in place, and the defense offices at all levels should continue to implement the 24-hour duty system to ensure that the instructions are implemented in full.

Xinhua Daily·Jiaohuidian reporter Wu Qiong