According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, at 10:00 a.m. on August 24, the center of storm No. 5 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 near the storm center is level 12 - 13 (118-149km/h), gusting to level 16.
The meteorological agency assessed that storm No. 5 was very strong, moved quickly and had a very wide range of impact. In terms of the danger level of this storm No. 5, it is assessed to be no less dangerous than Typhoon Yagi in terms of strong and equal winds, even higher and stronger than Typhoon Doksuri in October 2017.
According to the report of the Border Guard's Civil Defense, Natural Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue Command, as of 6:00 a.m. on August 24, 2025, 59,613 vehicles/248,820 people have been notified, counted, and instructed to know the developments and direction of the storm to proactively prevent it. Vehicles in the affected area have received warning information and are moving around the bypass.
According to the report of the Civil Defense Command of the Ministry of Construction, the area from Thanh Hoa to Da Nang currently has 359 ships and inland waterway vehicles in operation (135 ships in Thanh Hoa, 42 ships in Nghe An, 65 ships in Ha Tinh, 59 ships in Quang Tri and Hue, 58 ships in Da Nang).
According to the report of the Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention and Control (Ministry of Agriculture and Environment), regarding the situation of sea ban, 7 coastal provinces and cities from Ninh Binh to Hue and Quang Ngai have organized sea ban.
The total aquaculture area in coastal provinces/cities from Thanh Hoa to Quang Tri is 58,611 hectares, with about 5,745 cages of all kinds and 384 aquaculture cages.
Agricultural production situation, the rice area in the North Central region is 294,500 hectares, ripe 1,010 hectares, ripe to 129,800 hectares, creating a gap of 143,000 hectares, standing at 20,600 hectares. The area of fruit trees in the North Central provinces is 77,200 hectares, of which 17,700 hectares are banana trees; 27,800 hectares of fruit trees are ready to start harvesting. 57,000 hectares of rubber could be affected as the storm makes landfall.
The provinces/cities of Thanh Hoa, Quang Tri, Hue, and Da Nang have had plans to relocate residents with a total of 152,387 households/586770 people (Thanh Hoa 40,830 households/169,352 people; Quang Tri 42,708 households/155,218 people; Hue 16,349 households/52,186 people; Da Nang 52,500 households/210,014 people).
12 coastal provinces and cities from Quang Ninh to Gia Lai have issued Official Dispatches to deploy storm response according to the Prime Minister's Official Dispatches.
The provinces and cities of Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, and Hue have directed the operation of lowering the water level of reservoirs in the area to reduce flooding downstream.
