According to the US National Hurricane Center (NHC), a tropical depression in the Western Pacific region has officially strengthened into a storm.
As of the afternoon of July 27, the center of Typhoon Dolphin is located in the West-Southwest area of the Hawaiian archipelago. The strongest wind near the center of the storm reached 65 km/h.
Hurricane Dolphin is moving westward at a speed of about 20 km/h. The NHC forecasts that favorable environmental conditions will make this storm stronger rapidly in the next few days.
Accordingly, Typhoon Dolphin will strengthen fiercely and reach typhoon level tomorrow evening July 28. After that, the typhoon will continue to rapidly upgrade and become a super typhoon in the early morning of July 30. The maximum wind speed of the super typhoon is expected to reach 260 km/h.
In the coming days, the storm will move in a West direction and gradually deviate to the Northwest. Due to being quite far from the mainland, the storm will only cause thunderstorms at sea, not affecting much the adjacent mainland areas.
In the East Sea, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the afternoon of July 27, Phu Quy station recorded strong winds of level 6, sometimes level 7, gusting to level 8; Huyen Tran station had strong winds of level 6.
The eastern sea area of the North and Central East Sea, the South East Sea area (including Truong Sa special zone), the sea area from Ho Chi Minh City to Ca Mau, Ca Mau to An Giang and the Gulf of Thailand are experiencing showers and thunderstorms.
Forecast for the night of July 27 and day of July 28, the sea area from Khanh Hoa to Ho Chi Minh City and the west of the Central East Sea area will have strong southwest winds at level 6, gusts at level 7-8, waves 2-3m high, rough seas.
Meanwhile, the west of the South China Sea area (including the sea area west of the Truong Sa special zone) has southwest wind level 5, sometimes level 6, gusts level 7-8, waves 2-3m high, rough seas.
The Gulf of Tonkin area, the sea area east of the North and Central East Sea, the South East Sea area (including Truong Sa special zone), the sea area from Khanh Hoa to Ca Mau, Ca Mau to An Giang and the Gulf of Thailand continue to have showers and thunderstorms. In thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, strong gusts of wind at level 7-8, sea waves over 2m high.
The meteorological agency warns that on the night of July 28 and July 29, the sea area from Khanh Hoa to Ho Chi Minh City will still maintain strong southwest winds of level 6, gusts of level 7-8, waves 2-3m high, rough seas.
The level of natural disaster risk due to strong winds at sea is warned at level 2. All ships operating in the above-mentioned areas are at high risk of being affected by strong winds, large waves and tornadoes during thunderstorms.
