According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, this morning (September 19), Typhoon Ragasa is active in the sea east of the Philippines.
At 7:00 a.m. on September 19, the center of the storm was at about 15.7 degrees north latitude; 131.9 degrees east longitude, about 1,000 kilometers east of Luzon Island (Philippines). The strongest wind is level 8 (from 62 to 74 km/h), gusting to level 10. The storm is moving northwest at a speed of about 10 km/h.
The Vietnam Meteorological Agency has provided information on storm trend forecasts for the next 24 to 72 hours.
At 7:00 a.m. on September 20, the storm moved northwest, at a speed of about 10 km/h, likely to strengthen to level 10, gusting to level 12, at 16.8 degrees north latitude; 130.1 degrees east longitude.
At 7:00 a.m. on September 21, the storm continued to move northwest, at a speed of about 10 km/h, strengthening to level 12 to level 13, gusting to level 16, at 18.3 degrees north latitude; 128.2 degrees east longitude.
At 7:00 a.m. on September 22, the storm moved west-northwest, at a speed of 10 to 15 km/h, strengthening to level 14 to level 15, gusting above level 17, at 19.4 degrees north latitude; 124.8 degrees east longitude.
In the next 72 to 120 hours, the storm will continue to move mainly in the west-northwest direction, at a speed of about 20km per hour and is likely to strengthen.
Regarding the impact of this storm, from the afternoon and night of September 22, the northeastern sea area of the East Sea will have strong winds of level 6 to level 7, then increase to level 8 to level 9.
From September 23, the northern East Sea area (including Hoang Sa archipelago) will be directly affected by storm Ragasa with very strong intensity, level 14 to level 16, gusting above level 17. Waves over 10m high, rough seas, especially dangerous for ships operating in the northern and central East Sea.
