According to the latest typhoon information from the Hong Kong Meteorological Station (China), on the morning of August 24, typhoon No. 5 Kajiki is increasing in strength as it leaves the special zone and moves rapidly towards Hainan Island, China.
At 10:00 a.m. on August 24, the center of the storm was about 630 km south-southwest of Hong Kong (China), moving west at a speed of 18 km/h. Maximum winds near the center of the storm reached 130 km/h.
The Hong Kong Meteorological Administration (China) said it would cancel all storm warning signals as Kajiki no longer threatened the special zone, but warned of heavy rain, thunderstorms and big waves along the coast.
Meanwhile, in Tam A city, Hainan, China, the local meteorological agency has raised the storm warning from orange to red - the highest warning level. In the next 12 hours, the storm will maintain level 12, gusting to level 13-15, with continuous showers and thunderstorms. The authorities urgently announced the closure of schools, suspension of work, suspension of public transportation, maritime activities and tourist attractions.
China's National Flood and Drought Prevention Agency has also activated emergency response measures, sending a working group to Hainan to support flood and storm prevention.
In Quang Dong, the authorities have launched a level 4 emergency response. It is forecasted that from the evening of August 24 to August 25, heavy rain with strong gusts of wind will sweep across the Loi Chau peninsula and coastal areas of Mau Danh, Duong Giang and Giang Mon.
China applies a four-level emergency response system, with level 1 being the most severe. The weather warning system is also divided into 4 levels: Red (most modest), orange, yellow and green. With Hainan raising to red, this shows that the risk of storm No. 5 Kajiki causing serious impacts is very high.
Meanwhile, the Vietnam National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said that storm No. 5 is a relatively special storm, forming right in the East Sea, with very strong intensity, moving fast and a very wide range of impact.
At 10:00 on August 24, the center of the storm was at about 17.4 degrees North latitude; 110.9 degrees East longitude, about 585km from Nghe An, about 560km east of Ha Tinh.
The strongest wind is level 12-13 (118-149km/h), gusting to level 16. It is forecasted that in the next 3 hours, the storm will move westward, at a speed of about 15km/h.
