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Early in the morning of October 28, the Molave storm landed in Quang Nam, Quang Ngai with winds of 133 km / h, the intensity did not decrease much on land.
At 6 p.m. on October 27, the center of the Molave storm was about 520 km from Da Nang, 445 km from Quang Nam, 410 km from Quang Ngai, 330 km from Phu Yen. The strongest wind near the center of the storm is 150-165 km / h (level 14), level 17.
Tonight, Storm Molave is moving in a northwesterly direction with a speed of 20-25 km / h, going inland from Da Nang to Phu Yen with the strongest wind 12-13, level 15 and then weakening. .
The track photo of Storm Molave at 5:00 p.m. on October 27. Image: NCHMF.
At 4:00 on October 28, the center of the storm on the mainland from Quang Nam to Binh Dinh, North Central Highlands with the strongest winds of 75 km / h (level 8), shock level 10. Then, the storm is moving in the direction. Heading west at a speed of 25 km / h, it headed inland and weakened into a tropical depression and then became an area of low pressure.
At the end of this afternoon, foreign forecasting models agreed that the landing zone was focused on Quang Ngai – Binh Dinh. When on land, the storm will decrease in intensity, but not by much. The time of direct influence of strong winds begins tonight and October 28.
Japanese radio forecast maximum level 14 storm tonight, strong winds at continental level 13 (149 km / h), level 15-16. The Philippine radio reported that heavy level 12 storms (133 km / h) caused widespread flooding and poorly built grade 4 houses were destroyed. The typhoon forecast in Vietnam is equivalent to the landing level in the Philippines, strong level 13, impact level 15.
According to the Tropical Storm Risk (University of London, United Kingdom), the Molave storm has reached the speed of hurricane level 3 (Typhoon CAT 3 according to the American hurricane scale): 185 km / h. As of 1:00 p.m. on October 28, the storm center on the Quang Ngai mainland, Quang Nam with the strongest wind of 129 km / h, was still a level 1 hurricane.
The US Navy predicted, at 13 o’clock on October 28, the center of the storm on the continent of Quang Ngai, Quang Nam, with the strongest winds of 129 km / h, shook 157 km / h h. The storm then penetrated deep into the Central Highlands provinces with strong winds of up to 75 km / h, shaking 92 km / h.
The waves rose in the Quy Nhon (Binh Dinh) Sea on the afternoon of October 27. Image: Viet Quoc.
At the emergency meeting on Molave storm forecasting work this afternoon in Hanoi, Mr. Hoang Phuc Lam, deputy director of the National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting, said that when the storm hits the coast, the wind will be stronger. than level 12 – it’s one of the strongest storms of the last 20 years.
The meteorological agency said the main area affected by the storm will be from Quang Ngai to Binh Dinh, with a radius of 50 km from the center of the storm that will suffer the strongest wind, a radius of 150 km (to Da Nang) will have strong winds.
According to Mr. Nguyen Ba Thuy, deputy director of the National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasts, the stormy sea that runs through it is very deep and there are almost no obstacles, so the decline of the waves is low. “The height of the waves is 6 to 8 m, which is devastating for the coastal embankment,” said Mr. Thuy and predicted the risk of a 1.5 m rise in water in Quang Nam, Quang Ngai.
The storm was more than 300 km away, but around 10 pm today, on the island of Ly Son (Quang Ngai, almost 30 kilometers from the mainland), the wind began to get stronger, accompanied by heavy rains. . Waves over 4 m high bounced continuously on land.
Storm No. 9 landed on Ly Son. Video: Van Tinh.
On the mainland, since the afternoon in the area of Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh … it rains, light winds. Most people live in houses or concentrated areas, they rarely go outside. The street is deserted.
In Quy Nhon, the waves on the beach in the city center hit hard, sometimes more than 2 m. In the fishing village of Nhon Hai commune, the rain accompanied the whistling of the wind, people stayed inside, closed the door. People who live near the surface of the sea are not safe and ask to stay temporarily in solid houses behind the town. “I had to move, but the storm came, the house collapsed, avoiding the weather,” said Nguyen Sau, a local resident.
On the night of October 27, the functional force of Tinh An Commune, Quang Ngai City, used a boat to take people from An Phu village (a dune located in the middle of the Tra Khuc River) to the shore. Image: Phuoc Tuan.
According to the country’s forecasting agency, from tonight to October 29, from Hue to Phu Yen, Nghe An – Ha Tinh rain up to 500-700mm. Floods in the upstream Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai rivers mostly reached alarm level two, alert three, many rivers were on alert three.
Mr. Vu Duc Long, deputy director of the National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasts, said that most of the small and medium-sized reservoirs in central Vietnam are filled with water. The main lakes of the Huong and Vu Gia rivers have returned to their pre-flood water level.
“There are 80 landslides from the previous flood that have not been resolved, 70 reservoirs have been damaged, another 70 lakes are under construction, posing a risk to the safety of the dam,” Long said, noting that Quang Nam has many mines. The exploitation of minerals is potentially in danger of landslides.
Hurricane Molave formed after Typhoon Saude, on October 25, southeast of Manila. After sweeping through the Philippines, causing heavy rain and gusts of wind that led to the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, storms continued to intensify in the South China Sea. In the face of the force of the storm, nearly half a million people in central Vietnam were evacuated.
Huu Nguyen – Gia Chinh – Viet Quoc – Pham Linh – Dac Thanh – Xuan Ngoc – Phuoc Tuan – Nguyen Dong – Hoang Phuong
