Storm Son Tinh topples Nam Dinh TV tower
The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said that at 4:00 a.m. on October 29, the center of the storm was at about 20.8...
The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said that at 4:00 a.m. on October 29, the center of the storm was at about 20.8 degrees North latitude; 106.8 degrees East longitude, on the coast of Quang Ninh - Thai Binh provinces.
At 5:00 p.m. on October 28, the center of the storm was located at approximately 19.7 degrees North latitude; 106.9 degrees East longitude, approximately 100 km southeast of the coast of Hai Phong - Ninh Binh provinces. The strongest winds near the center of the storm were at level 11, level 12 (103 to 133 km per hour), gusting to level 13, level 14.
Photo of the path of storm number 8
Due to the impact of storm No. 8, the storm's winds toppled a 180m high television tower in Nam Dinh city. Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee
This is the main item in the project to build a regional radio and television center in Nam Dinh city according to Decision No. 109 of the Prime Minister on building Nam Dinh city into the center of the Southern Red River Delta. The tower was assembled in 7 months using a steel frame system manufactured in Malaysia, and the construction was undertaken by Viettel Construction One Member Co., Ltd.
In Hai Phong and Quang Ninh, the storm blew off hundreds of trees and roofs. Many areas in Hai Phong's inner city had power outages. Although located far from the storm's center, on the evening of October 28, Hanoi had strong winds of level 4-5, gusting to level 6, causing trees to fall. On many gateway roads of the capital such as Pham Hung, Nguyen Xien, Le Van Luong, Khuat Duy Tien... many motorbikes had difficulty moving, even had to stop and push them on foot due to the strong winds. Many billboards, trees, and tarpaulins... along the sidewalks were torn and collapsed onto the street.
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