According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, this afternoon May 6, the tropical depression in the Northwest Pacific region has strengthened into Typhoon Hagupit. After Super Typhoon Sinlaku, Typhoon Hagupit is the 5th storm to appear in the Northwest Pacific region in the 2026 storm season.
At 13:00 this afternoon (May 6), the center of Typhoon Hagupit was located at about 8.4 degrees north latitude - 147.3 degrees east longitude. Typhoon intensity is strong at level 8, gusts at level 10. Currently, Typhoon Hagupit is still about 2,000km east of the Philippines.
Current forecast data, in the next 24 hours, Hurricane Hagupit will move mainly in the west direction at a speed of about 5 - 10km/h. After that, the storm will move according to the conducting field of the subtropical high pressure blade moving in the west-northwest direction.
The possibility of Typhoon Hagupit passing through the Philippines to move into the East Sea is not high. The reason is that at this time in Vietnam's East Sea at an altitude of 5,000m, there is still a subtropical high pressure ridge, this subtropical high pressure ridge will prevent Typhoon Hagupit from passing through the Philippines to move into the East Sea and affect our country's waters at a low probability of less than 20%.
In terms of intensity, Typhoon Hagupit is forecast to reach level 10 and is likely to weaken into a tropical depression when moving closer to the eastern sea of the Philippines.
However, forecasts after the next 2 days of the models are still scattered and not highly unified. The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting is still closely monitoring the developments of Typhoon Hagupit.
