Xinhua News Agency reported that on the evening of September 4, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) issued a red alert for Typhoon Yagi - a storm expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain to the southern regions of the country.
NMC also upgraded the emergency response to Typhoon Yagi from Category IV to Category II.
NMC forecasts that Typhoon Yagi will move northwest at a speed of about 10 km/h, with increasing intensity, and is expected to make landfall in coastal areas from Quynh Hai district in Hainan to Dien Bach in Quang Dong on the afternoon of September 6.
Meanwhile, according to the Vietnam National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, at 4:00 a.m. on September 5, the center of storm No. 3 was at about 19.1 degrees north latitude; 116.0 degrees east longitude, in the northern sea area of the North East Sea, about 550km east of Hainan Island (China).
The strongest wind near the storm center is level 15 (167-183km/h), gusting over level 17, moving westward, at a speed of about 10km/h.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the process of replacing the eye of the storm is still complete and on the morning of September 5, a new super typhoon will appear right in the East Sea, with an intensity of level 16, gusting above level 17.
According to the JMA, super typhoon No. 3 Yagi could drop to 915 mbar, and with the above forecast, typhoon No. 3 will become the strongest storm in history in the East Sea, and could become the strongest storm in the world so far in 2024 - currently held by typhoon Djoungou in the South Indian Ocean.
Previously, on the evening of September 4, storm No. 3 completely transformed with a much thicker and more symmetrical cloud structure than in the afternoon.
The storm forecast of the Typhoon page on the northwest Pacific Ocean said that with strong storm circulation and convection combined with a complete eye replacement cycle, Typhoon No. 3 will be the first storm in history in the region to record the first storm to increase from the storm's wind level when entering the East Sea and increasing to super typhoon level.
The storm forecast of the Vietnam National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said that at 4:00 a.m. on September 6, the center of the storm was at about 19.7 degrees north latitude, 112.9 degrees east longitude; about 210km east of Hainan Island (China). Winds of level 16, gusting above level 17, moving in the west-northwest direction, traveling 10-15km per hour.
At 4:00 a.m. on September 7, the center of the storm is expected to be at about 20.7 degrees north latitude, 109.3 degrees east longitude; in the sea east of the northern part of the Gulf of Tonkin. Winds of level 13-14, gusting to level 17, moving in the west-northwest direction, traveling 15-20km per hour and gradually weakening
At 4:00 a.m. on September 8, the center of the storm is expected to be at about 21.7 degrees north latitude, 104.8 degrees east longitude; in the western area of the North. Winds of level 6, gusting to level 8, moving in the west-northwest direction, traveling 20km per hour and gradually weakening into a tropical depression.
The northern East Sea area has strong winds of level 11-13, the area near the storm center has level 14-16, gusting above level 17; the sea is very rough. From the night of September 6, the Gulf of Tonkin will have strong winds of level 10-12, the area near the storm's eye will have winds of level 13-14, gusts of level 17, and rough seas.
In the next 24 hours, the sea area north of the East Sea will have waves 7-9m high, near the storm center 10-12m. The sea is rough. Ship operating in the above-mentioned dangerous areas are likely to be affected by strong winds and large waves.
