China's National Meteorological Center (NMC) issued a red alert for Typhoon Yagi on the evening of September 4 , which is expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain to southern parts of the country, Xinhua News Agency reported.
NMC also upgraded the emergency response for Typhoon Yagi from level IV to level 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 Guangdong 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 located 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 west 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 being completed and on the morning of September 5, a new super typhoon will appear right in the East Sea, with a level 16 intensity, gusting above level 17.
According to the JMA, the pressure of Super Typhoon No. 3 Yagi could drop as low as 915 mbar, and with the forecast pressure level as above, Typhoon No. 3 will become the strongest storm in history in the East Sea, and could also become the strongest storm worldwide so far in 2024 - currently held by Typhoon Djoungou in the South Indian Ocean.
Previously, on the evening of September 4, storm No. 3 had completely transformed with a much denser and more symmetrical cloud structure than in the afternoon.
The storm forecast of the Storm page in the Northwest Pacific Ocean said that with the storm circulation and convection taking place strongly, plus the completion of the eye replacement cycle, storm No. 3 will be the first storm in history in the region to record from the initial wind level of a storm when entering the East Sea and increasing to the level of a super typhoon.
According to the storm forecast of the Vietnam National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, at 4:00 a.m. on September 6, the center of the storm was located at about 19.7 degrees north latitude, 112.9 degrees east longitude; about 210 km east of Hainan Island (China). Wind force level 16, gusting to level 17, moving west-northwest, traveling 10-15 km per hour.
At 4:00 a.m. on September 7, the storm's center is expected to be at about 20.7 degrees north latitude, 109.3 degrees east longitude; in the sea east of the northern Gulf of Tonkin. Winds at level 13-14, gusting to level 17, moving west-northwest, traveling 15-20km per hour and gradually weakening.
At 4:00 a.m. on September 8, the storm's center is expected to be at about 21.7 degrees north latitude, 104.8 degrees east longitude; in the northwest region. Wind force level 6, gust level 8, moving west-northwest, traveling 20km per hour and gradually weakening into a tropical depression.
The northern East Sea has strong winds of level 11-13, near the eye of the storm, level 14-16, gusting to level 17; rough seas. From the night of September 6, the Gulf of Tonkin has strong winds of level 10-12, near the eye of the storm, level 13-14, gusting to level 17; rough seas.
In the next 24 hours, the sea area in the northern East Sea will have waves 7-9m high, near the storm center 10-12m. The sea will be very rough. Ships operating in the above-mentioned dangerous areas are likely to be affected by strong winds and big waves.
