Typhoon No. 3 Yagi, one of the strongest typhoons of 2024, made landfall on Hainan Island, southern China on September 6. Typhoon Yagi is expected to make landfall in Vietnam on September 7.
The US Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) said that when it made landfall in China's Hainan island province at 4:20 p.m. on September 6, Typhoon Yagi was equivalent to a Category 4 storm in the Atlantic Ocean.
Typhoon Yagi's eye passed directly over Haikou city, China on the evening of September 6, local time, causing the strongest winds to hit the city.
Typhoon Yagi weakened as it moved into the Gulf of Tonkin but quickly reorganized overnight.
The latest storm forecast posted on the New York Times notes that in the next 12 hours, very hot waters in the East Sea are likely to cause storm No. 3 to strengthen to 210 km/h, or even higher, before making landfall near Hai Phong, Vietnam on September 7.
The forecast intensity of Typhoon Yagi when it makes landfall in Vietnam will be equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane in the Atlantic, the New York Times pointed out.
The US newspaper also noted that according to the historical storm database of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), no storm has ever made landfall in Vietnam at this intensity, especially in the north of Vietnam.
Typhoon Yagi, which killed at least 16 people in the Philippines earlier this week, has become a super typhoon after rapidly intensifying in the South China Sea, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said. The center defines a super typhoon as a storm with winds of 240 km/h or faster in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
According to the quick news about storm No. 3 released at 9:00 a.m. on September 7 by the Vietnam National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, the center of storm Yagi is at about 20.5 degrees North latitude; 107.8 degrees East longitude in the sea area of Quang Ninh - Hai Phong. The strongest wind of storm Yagi is at level 13-14 (134-166 km/h), gusting to level 17. It is forecasted that in the next 3 hours, the storm will move in a west-northwest direction, at a speed of about 20 km/h.
According to the urgent storm bulletin for storm No. 3 issued by the Vietnam National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting at 8:06 a.m. on September 7, due to the influence of storm No. 3's circulation , Bach Long Vi Island has strong winds of level 12, gusting to level 14. Co To Island has strong winds of level 7, gusting to level 11. Mong Cai (Quang Ninh) has strong winds of level 6, gusting to level 9. Cua Ong (Quang Ninh) has level 8, gusting to level 9.
