Zoom Earth and The Independent's typhoon forecast said that the eye of super typhoon Yagi is getting closer to China's southern coast with gusts above level 17 and preparing to make landfall.
The storm is moving at a speed of 20km/h and is likely to make landfall between Hainan's Van Xuong city and Tu Van district in neighboring Quang Dong province in the next 2-3 hours.
Yagi remains a super typhoon and is likely to weaken slightly when interacting with land, but the typhoon will still hit the area with significant strength.
According to SCMP, at 11:00 on September 6, super typhoon Yagi left Hong Kong (China), the center of the storm was 400km southwest of this special administrative region, moving at a speed of about 15km/h towards Hainan Island to Lusi Peninsula.
By noon on September 6, super typhoon No. 3 continued to maintain its strong intensity of level 16, gusting above level 17, observed on the infrared satellite cloud image, the eye of the storm was still extremely sharp with the surrounding convective zone taking place extremely strongly.
According to the storm forecast of the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) and some international organizations, super typhoon Yagi is at its peak and is unlikely to strengthen.
According to the JTWC, at around 15:00 on September 6, the center of the storm will make landfall in Hainan, with winds of level 15-16 gusting to 17. By 2:00 a.m. on September 7, Typhoon Yagi will leave the island and enter the Gulf of Tonkin.
According to the storm forecast of the Vietnam National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, at 1:00 a.m. on September 7, the center of storm No. 3 was at about 20.4 degrees north latitude; 109.1 degrees east longitude, in the eastern sea of the Gulf of Tonkin, about 230km east-southeast of Quang Ninh. The strongest wind near the storm center is level 14, gusting to level 17, moving west-northwest, speed 15-20km/h.
At 1:00 p.m. on September 7, the center of storm No. 3 was at about 20.9 degrees north latitude; 107.2 degrees east longitude, in the coastal areas of Quang Ninh - Nam Dinh provinces. The strongest wind near the storm center is level 11-12, gusting to level 15, moving west-northwest, speed 15-20km/h.
At 1:00 p.m. on September 8, the center of the storm was at about 22.3 degrees north latitude, 102.3 degrees east longitude, in the Vietnam - Laos border area, with winds below level 6, moving west-northwest, speed 20km/h, entering the mainland, weakening and gradually dissipating.
