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On the afternoon of October 27, the National Hydrometeorological Forecast Center held a briefing on storm No. 9, the most powerful storm of this year with great devastation.
At the meeting, Mr. Hoang Phuc Lam, Deputy Director of the National Hydrometeorological Forecasting Center, said that Typhoon No. 9 began to cause strong winds on the mainland from late afternoon and tonight (October 27). The time with the strongest winds on the continent is from the early morning until the night of October 28.
The provinces / cities from Thua Thien Hue to Phu Yen have strong winds of 8-10, level 12; Particularly the coastal provinces / cities of Da Nang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh have strong winds of 11-13, level 15. Kon Tum and Gia Lai provinces have strong winds of 7-8, shock level. 10. Quang Binh, Quang Tri and North Khanh Hoa provinces have strong winds of 6-7, level 10.
“The storm will probably reach maximum intensity in the afternoon and evening. As it gets closer to shore, the sea is colder, friction with the storm’s continent will weaken. If it stays at level 12 when it reaches inland, the storm will be digital. 9 will have terrible devastation, level 4 houses may not be able to withstand the wind, “Lam said.
At the meeting, Mr. Vu Duc Long – Deputy Director of the National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting, said that heavy rains were affected by Typhoon No. 9, from the night of October 27 to November 1, in the rivers of Nghe An to Phu. Yen and the Central Highlands region will suffer a flood.
During this flood, the flooding peaked upstream of the Ca River (Nghe An), La River (Ha Tinh) and the rivers from Quang Binh to Quang Ngai, Kon Tum, Gia Lai reached an alarming level 2- alarm 3 , with rivers in 3 alarm levels; Ca river downstream (Nghe An), main rivers in Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Dak Lak up to alarm level 1 – alarm 2 and above alert 2, small rivers reach alert level 3.
“The risk of flash floods, landslides in mountainous areas, flooding in low-lying areas, riverbanks and urban areas in the provinces from Nghe An to Phu Yen and the central highland region. Testing important small hydroelectric and irrigation projects” – Long said.
Mr. Le Thanh Hai, Secretary General of the Vietnam Meteorology and Hydrology Association, noted that in the last 5 hours, the storm has not risen, but is following the main west (sideways). With a very fast speed of 25 km / h, the storm will go straight ashore.
According to Mr. Hai, it is forecast that within the next 15-18 hours, the center of the storm will land on the mainland, Quy Nhon, or the area between Quang Ngai and Binh Dinh.
Analyzing more about the possibility of weakening, Hai said that if the storm reaches level 14 tonight, the storm is level 17 and the case is good after that, every 3 hours the storm will decrease by 1 level, until the storm make landfall, the storm Still strong at levels 11-12.
“There is no chance that the storm will weaken more than the expected intensity when it hits the mainland,” stressed Mr. Hai.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Tran Hong Ha, said that storm No. 9 according to the forecast analysis is the strongest and most complicated storm in the last 20 years with a dangerous level of destruction.
“The government and localities must have plans to deal with this strong storm in the government and localities. Our forecasting work has combined the team over the past time, international cooperation, Effective coordination with investigative agencies When analyzing the structure and storm morphology, we have used direct models, thus predicting the trend and the trend of the storm. By forecasting such a strong storm, no country dares to predict that the forecast is absolutely correct, “Ha said.
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