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The National Center for Meteorological and Hydrological Forecasting cited the Japanese Meteorological Agency’s factual statement that storm number 8 was only equivalent to level 11, while some Facebook and fan pages gave false information about storm number 8. Level 17 – Informational photograph from the Japan Meteorological Agency
On the morning of October 20, in addition to the forecast of floods and storms, the National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecast had to issue an alert notice about the phenomenon of false information about the intensity of storm No. 8.
According to the Forecasting Center, since the night of October 19, as the central provinces and tens of thousands of people in the floodplain battled floods and floods, on some Facebook pages, the fanpage gave false information about the intensity. storm number 8.
Synthesizing false information spread online, coming from a series of Facebook and fan pages, the Hydrometeorological Forecast Center that Facebook and fan pages have reported to the Japan Meteorological Agency. Typhoon No. 8 has a large capacity of up to level 17 (SUPER STORM level) and hits central Vietnam.
The National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasts confirmed that the information on Facebook and the fan page as above is completely incorrect, up to this point the Japan Meteorological Agency, as well as other countries, do not have such forecasts.
The National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecast also emphasized that “all the information that the Saudel storm has a strong super typhoon is unfounded and false.
Especially the aforementioned false information spread against the background of the whole country heading to the Central region, the people of the Central region are struggling to cope with the floods, not only causing confusion and affecting prevention work. against storms and floods, it must be managed strictly.
Commenting on the changes from a strong low tropical pressure to storm No. 8, the National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting that on the morning of October 20, the tropical depression has strengthened into a storm, this is the 17th storm in operation. in the Pacific Northwest, its original name is Saudel.
The Forecast Center said that between the night of October 20 and the early morning of October 21, Typhoon Saudel will enter the South China Sea and is the eighth typhoon to hit our country during this year’s flood and storm season.
Forecast of the developments of storm No. 8, according to the Forecast Center, when it moves towards the South China Sea, Typhoon No. 8 has a strong magnitude of 8-9, it is moving rapidly to the West, the intensity strongest when the storm is at about 114 degrees north latitude (near Hoang Sa island district area), at this time the intensity of strong storms is level 11-12, level 14.
Upon reaching the Paracel archipelago, the storms will move more slowly and then changes in the intensity and trajectory of the storms may change.
Later forecasts show that the typhoon may move towards the central provinces and directly affect the Central region on October 24. The storms will cause rains in the provinces from the southern North Delta to the Center and North regions.
