Storm No. 5 is considered a very strong storm and moves quickly, causing the response time to be shortened. This afternoon, August 24, the reporter had an interview with Mr. Hoang Phuc Lam - Deputy Director of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting about the updated information of this storm.
Sir, what are the notable points of storm No. 5 up to this point?
- Storm No. 5 Kajiki is considered a very special storm. Firstly, the speed of this storm is quite fast, from the time the tropical depression moved into the East Sea last night, August 22 until this afternoon, the storm often moved at a speed of up to 20 - 25km/h, even over 25km/h.
The intensity also increased very quickly. In the evening and night of August 22, when it first entered the East Sea, it was at a tropical depression level, late at level 6, early at level 7, and strengthened into a storm in the morning of August 23. Thus, in just 2 days, the storm has strengthened by 7 levels.
At 1:00 p.m. on August 24, the center of the storm was at about 17.4 degrees north latitude; 110.3 degrees east longitude, in the northwest sea of Hoang Sa special zone; about 520km from Nghe An, about 500km east-southeast of Ha Tinh, about 430km east of North Quang Tri. Strong storm intensity level 13 (134-149km/h), gusts level 15; moving west at a speed of about 20km/h and likely to strengthen.
When is the forecast for storm No. 5 to make landfall, sir and how strong will the storm be when it makes landfall?
- It is forecasted that in the next 24 hours, storm No. 5 will move mainly in the West Northwest direction, about 20km/h, strengthening to level 13 - 14 (and may be even stronger, reaching level 15). At around noon and afternoon tomorrow, the storm's eye is likely to make landfall in the provinces from Thanh Hoa to North Quang Tri.
Storm No. 5 is a very strong storm, the storm intensity when affected can be equivalent to storm No. 3 Yagi in 2024 and stronger than storm No. 10 (Doksuri) in 2017. When the storm is approaching the shore, the intensity is likely to reach level 13-14, reach level 16, the coastal mainland area will have strong winds of level 12-13, possibly even level 14, gusting to level 16.
How to forecast the development of heavy rain and strong winds due to the impact of storm No. 5, what warnings do you have?
- Due to the influence of the circulation of storm No. 5 in the sea area from Thanh Hoa to Hue City (including Hon Ngu island, Con Co special area), the wind will gradually increase to level 7-9, then increase to level 10-11, the area near the storm's eye will have level 12-14, gusts of level; waves 5-7m high, the area near the eye will have 8-10m; the sea will be very rough. Coastal areas and islands from Hai Phong - North of Quang Tri have storm surge of 0.5-1.5m high
From the night of August 24, on the mainland from Thanh Hoa to Quang Tri, the wind will gradually increase to level 8-10, near the storm center level 11-13, gusting to level 14-15; coastal areas from Quang Ninh to Ninh Binh will gradually increase to level 6-8, gusting to level 9.
From the afternoon of August 24 to the end of August 26, the midlands and deltas of the North, the Lao Cai area and from Thanh Hoa to Hue will have widespread heavy rain with common rainfall of 100-150mm, locally over 250mm; the Thanh Hoa to North Quang Tri area will have heavy to very heavy rain with common rainfall of 200-400mm, locally over 700mm. Warning of the risk of heavy rain with rainfall greater than 200mm within 3 hours.
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