Storm Vamco heads towards Ha Tinh to Quang Nam
Early on November 14, the strongest wind speed of storm Vamco increased from 150 km/h to 165 km/h, reaching level 13-14 (gust level 17), stronger than the level 13 intensity forecast at 10:00 p.m. last night.
The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said that at 4:00 a.m.,eye of the stormin the South of Hoang Sa archipelago, about 390 km east of Da Nang - Thua Thien Hue, about 510 km east southeast of Quang Tri. The radius of strong winds from level 6, gusting to level 8 or higher is about 250 km from the center of the storm.
This morning, the storm moved in the West Northwest direction at a speed of 20 km/h. At 4:00 p.m. on November 14, the center of the storm was about 190 km east of Da Nang - Thua Thien Hue, and about 300 km east southeast of Quang Tri.wind powerstrongest 150 km/h, level 13, jerk level 15.
Forecasted direction and affected area of the storm. Photo:NCHMF
Tonight, the storm continues to move west-northwest and gradually weakens. At 4am on November 15, the storm center is on the coastal area from Quang Binh to Quang Ngai, with the strongest wind speed of 100 km/h, level 10, gusting to level 13.
Tomorrow morning, the storm will make landfall in the provinces from Ha Tinh to Quang Nam.and gradually weakened into a tropical depression, then continued to move inland and weakened into a low pressure area over central Laos.
Mr. Hoang Phuc Lam - Deputy Director of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, commented that the current intensity of storm Vamco is equivalent toTyphoon Molave- the storm that caused the strongest winds in 20 years for the coastal and inland areas of the Central region. "When approaching the shore, storm Vamco will weaken more clearly than Molave, and the ability of storm Vamco to cause strong winds is also lower because it is more affected by cold air," said Mr. Lam.
The US Navy said that this afternoon the storm was still strong at 185 km/h, and by nightfall when it approached Hue - Da Nang it had reduced to 148 km/h. The Japan Meteorological Agency said that this morning the storm's strongest winds reached 157 km/h, gusting to 222 km/h; the storm will gradually weaken as it approaches the shore, reaching 111 km/h, gusting to 157 km/h by early tomorrow morning.
International stations all forecast that when the storm approaches the mainland, it will not go straight but will glide along the provinces from Quang Nam to Ha Tinh; on November 15, the eye of the storm will make landfall in Quang Tri and Thua Thien Hue instead of Ha Tinh and Quang Nam as predicted yesterday.
The western sea area of the North and Central East Sea (including Hoang Sa archipelago) today (November 14) will have stormy rain, strong winds of level 8-10, near the storm center level 13-14, gusts of level 17, waves from 5-7 m high, near the storm center 9-11 m.
The sea area from Ha Tinh to Quang Ngai (including Con Co island district, Ly Son island district, Cu Lao Cham island and Hon Ngu) has stormy rain, winds gradually increasing to level 8-9, near the storm center level 10-11, gusting to level 14. The coastal area from Thanh Hoa to Da Nang is likely to have storm surges of 0.5-1m.
This morning, on the mainland from the South of Nghe An to Quang Ngai, the wind gradually increased to level 6-7, then increased to level 8-9, coastal areas in some places level 10, gusting to level 12.
From November 14-16, from Southern Nghe An to Quang Nam there will be heavy rain with rainfall of 150-250 mm each time, in some places over 350 mm; in Thanh Hoa, Northern Nghe An and Quang Ngai there will be heavy rain with rainfall of 50-150 mm each time.
Previously, storm Etau made landfall in Phu Yen - Khanh Hoa on November 10, bringing level 7 winds and rain, killing 2 people. In October, the Central region suffered 4 storms and 1 tropical depression. 3 floods and 13 landslides last month killed 159 people, 71 others went missing.
