According to low pressure news, the new storm from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), storm 31P - predecessor of low pressure 11F - is currently located about 852km west-northwest of Suva (Fiji).
The storm is moving slowly in a southeast direction at a speed of about 9km/h. The highest sea waves are about 5.5m, showing that conditions at sea are bad.
It is forecast that storm 31P will continue to strengthen in a favorable environment, with peak wind intensity of about 155 - 165km/h in the next 60 hours. The storm will become a low pressure area in the next 5 days.
Previously, another tropical depression with the symbol 30P officially strengthened into Typhoon Maila in the Solomons Sea.
This strong storm has an unpredictable path, with maximum current winds reaching 120km/h. The maximum intensity is forecast to fluctuate from about 155km/h to 250km/h - super strong typhoon level - in the next 2 days.
The storm moves very slowly, only about 4km/h, seemingly trapped in the Solomons Sea. JTWC's forecast shows that storm Maila may create a counterclockwise vortex in the next 4 days, then begin to gradually move westward in the following days.
The next developments of Typhoon Maila are still quite complicated, with many different forecast scenarios about the direction. Australian meteorologists emphasize that this is a system that needs close monitoring, as the typhoon forecast is still volatile and may change rapidly in the next few days.
With the complicated developments of storms formed from tropical depressions, tourists to Fiji, Vanuatu and neighboring areas such as Queensland (Australia) need to closely monitor low pressure forecasts, storm forecasts, limit activities at sea and proactively adjust schedules to ensure safety.
Meanwhile, in the East Sea, the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting assessed that storms or tropical depressions are unlikely to appear in the East Sea area in April. According to multi-year averages in April, there are 0.2 storms/tropical depressions in the East Sea area and they will not make landfall in Vietnam.
