Storm Lupit could intensify over central Vietnam

Storm Lupit, with winds gusting up to 120-150 kilometers per hour, is forecast to pass over the Philippines causing rough waters in the East Sea. The storm could intensify and head towards central Vietnam within the week, due to warm temperatures in the East Sea (over 27 degrees Celsius), according to the national weather center.

The storm is threatening to make landfall in two to three days on the Philippines’ Luzon island where residents have already endured two devastating storms in the last three weeks.

A tropical low-pressure system that has formed in the East Sea 80 km from China’s Hainan island, is causing torrential rain and flooding in central provinces.

 

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Tropical low pressure creeps towards Vietnam

A tropical low pressure system lay centered southwest of Hoang Sa (Paracel) Islands, 200 kilometers east of the central coast between Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Ngai Provinces, the National Hydro Meteorological Forecast Center said October 18.

The tropical low pressure zone that lay southwest of Hoang Sa Islands on October 18 (Photo: national weather bureau)

It would move west at five to 10 kilometers an hour to approach the coast on October 19, the center said.

The system caused medium to heavy rains and thunderstorms in Danang and the provinces of Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Nam and Quang Ngai on October 18.

According to the US’ weather service, another storm, Typhoon Lupit, packing winds of 130 to 160 kilometers an hour, lay off the Philippines on October 18 and may move into the East Sea towards Vietnam’s central region in the next few days.

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Low-pressure zone puts Central Vietnam at risk of floods

Central and Central Highlands regions are facing heavy rains and severe flooding in the next few days due to a low-pressure zone forming over the East Sea, the national weather bureau said October 16.

Vietnam’s central region was submerged by floods following Typhoon Ketsana in late September (Photo: SGGP)

The National Hydro Meteorological Forecast Center said the system could intensify to a tropical low-pressure zone.

On the afternoon of October 16, the low-pressure area was centered over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands and was moving west-northwest at a speed of 10 kilometers an hour.

Affected by the low-pressure, central provinces from Quang Ngai to Khanh Hoa and the north of the Central Highlands are seeing medium to heavy rains that may bring new floods.

Danang, Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Nam will also be subject to heavy rains.

In an urgent dispatch, the Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control asked local authorities in central and Central Highlands regions to diligently follow information on the low-pressure zone, prepare to cope with floods, and pay close attention to flash-flood and landslide-prone areas.

In response to the steering committee’s announcement, coastal provinces from Quang Binh to Khanh Hoa have called on nearly 1,000 residents to seek safe shelter.

On Bach Long Vy Island in the northern city of Hai Phong, hundreds of fishermen who came to the island to avoid Typhoon Parma on October 13, have not been able to return home as their boats have been damaged.

The Border Guard High Command has asked the steering committee and the National Committee for Search and Rescue to dispatch food to Hai Phong’s two island districts of Bach Long Vy and Cat Hai to aid 233 fishermen trapped there. Most of the fishermen are from Thanh Hoa Province.

The Hai Phong City People’s Committee has ordered authorities in Cat Ba and Bach Long Vy districts, where 28 fishing boats sunk and 70 others were seriously damaged by the typhoon, to assist with providing food.

Thanh Hoa Province authorities have also dispatched 230 boxes of instant noodles, 230 freshwater tanks, and clothes to the islands.

Bach Long Vy District People’s Committee Chairman Cao Xuan Lien said that his district has called on locals to share clothes and food with Thanh Hoa fishermen and help them repair damaged boats.

In the wake of Typhoon Ketsana in the central region, Thua Thien-Hue authorities and thousands of soldiers and youth have rebuilt 200 out of 376 collapsed houses, and repaired 10,900 out of 11,355 damaged houses.

The Unilever Vietnam Fund coordinated the same day with the Vietnam Women’s Union in Quang Nam and Quang Ngai provinces to offer 2,000 gifts worth VND400 million (US$22,000) to households damaged by Typhoon Ketsana.

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Cold front causes Typhoon Parma to intensify

A cold front moving in from the north has caused Typhoon Parma to intensify, belying forecasts that it would weaken into a tropical low pressure zone, and the storm is now expected to make landfall over north-central and northern Vietnam.

Troops guide fishing boats to safety from Typhoon Parma in Bach Long Vy Island, Hai Phong (Photo: SGGP)

Bui Minh Tang, director of the National Hydro Meteorological Forecast Center, said provinces from Thai Binh to Thanh Hoa would bear the brunt of the typhoon which would pack winds of up to level 10 and gusts of up to level 12.

Nearby places like Quang Ninh and Hai Phong will also experience level 10 winds.

On October 13 coastal provinces to the east of the Red River Delta received light to medium rains and they are likely to strengthen.

Around 20,446 vessels with 68,262 fishermen on board are still at sea in the region between Quang Ninh to Thua Thien-Hue.

At a meeting presided over by Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai on October 13, the Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control said the storm would be centered in the Red River Delta provinces of Ninh Binh, Nam Dinh, and Thai Binh when it makes landfall, requiring around 30,000 people there to be evacuated.

Mr. Hai instructed authorities in these provinces to complete the evacuation by 10pm on October 13.

He also ordered relevant ministries and departments to prepare for heavy rains and flooding.

Provincial authorities should also closely consider the specific weather conditions in their areas rather than depending completely on forecasts, he said.

He ordered the steering committee and the National Committee for Search and Rescue to dispatch officials to provinces like Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Thai Binh, Thanh Hoa, and Nghe An to persuade local residents to speed up preparatory work.

In an emergency dispatch October 13, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung ordered authorities in coastal provinces from Quang Ninh to Ha Tinh to prohibit all boats from going out to sea and help those still at sea avoid the typhoon.

He also told them to ensure people are moved out of aquaculture farms when the storm makes landfall and coordinate with the army to evacuate people out of flood and landslide prone areas.

They should help people safeguard houses, schools, and hospitals, he said.

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Typhoon Parma poised to make landfall

Typhoon Parma, the tenth storm to hit Vietnam this year, is forecast to make landfall in northern Vietnam on October 14, the national weather bureau said.

Typhoon Parma is forecast to weaken to a tropical-low pressure system over northern Vietnam

At 7am on October 13, Typhoon Parma’s center was 250 kilometers east off the coast of Quang Ninh to Ha Tinh provinces. The strongest winds near the storm’s eye were at level 9, or 75 to 88 kilometers an hour, with gusts up to categories 10 to 11.

Over the next 24 hours, it is forecast to move west at a speed of 10 to 15 kilometers an hour. The weakened tropical low-pressure system is then set to make landfall and lie centered in the provinces of Thanh Hoa and Nghe An.

Winds near the pressure system’s center are forecast to be around a level 6 to 7, or 39 to 61 kilometers an hour.

A cold front from the north is moving toward the south and could affect the Northern provinces of Vietnam on the afternoon and night of October 13, the National Hydro Meteorological Forecast Center said.

Affected by Typhoon Parma and the cold front, the Gulf of Tonkin is currently seeing winds at categories 7 to 8 with rough seas and gusts near the storm’s eye at level 10 to 11.

Coastal regions including provinces from Quang Ninh to Nghe An have been advised to monitor rapidly rising seawater levels, said the national weather bureau.

The east of the Red River Delta and provinces from Thanh Hoa to Quang Binh are advised to watch for landslides and floods due to heavy rains.

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Typhoon Parma enters Vietnam’s territorial waters

Typhoon Parma’s forecast location. (Photo: NCHF)

The National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting said Typhoon Parma has crossed the northern part of Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) Islands to lie 700 kilometers away from the country’s north central coast on October 11.

The sea between Quang Tri and Quang Ngai provinces and the southern part of the Gulf of Tonkin would see strong winds and be choppy, it said.

It forecast the typhoon to move west, westnorth towards China’s Hai Nam Islands on October 12 and possibly weaken to become a tropical low pressure 90 kilometers off the coast between Thanh Hoa and Thua Thien – Hue provinces on October 13.

It is then expected to make landfall over the north central region the day after, bringing heavy rainfall to Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, and Ha Tinh provinces.

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Typhoon Parma changes its direction

Typhoon Parma is forecast to move in the middle of South-southeast and Southeast on October 6, according to the National Hydro Meteorological Forecast Center.

The area of influence is 250 km away from the typhoon’s eye.

The winds near the typhoon’s eye are estimated at 10-11th levels with the velocity of 103-133 km per hour, and gusts at 13-14th levels or 134 to 166 kilometers an hour.

The area of influence is 250 km away from the typhoon’s eye. However, the typhoon will then move slowly at 3-5 km per hour.

The hurricane will change its direction in the middle of South-southeast and South on October 7, and then move to the South-southwest on 8.

The typhoon Parma’s movements will be complicated and difficult to predict due to its interaction with nearby typhoon Melor off the Philippines.

The center noted that fishermen shouldn’t work at the north and east of the East Sea to avoid the storm.

 

 

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Typhoon Parma menaces Vietnamese coast

Typhoon Parma lay centered east of Hoang Sa (Paracel) Islands October 5 and has been forecast to move in a westerly direction to threaten the Vietnamese coast in the next few days.

Typhoon Parma hit northern Philippines on October 3, killing at least 16 people (Photo: Reuters)

Le Thanh Hai, deputy director of the National Hydro Meteorological Forecast Center, said the winds near the typhoon’s eye are currently at levels 11 to 12 with gusts at levels 13 to 14, or 103 to 133 kilometers an hour.

The storm is affecting an area within a radius of 250 kilometers from its eye.

The weather in the southern part of the East Sea and southern Vietnam turned cloudy on October 4.

The Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control asked the Ministries of National Security, Police, and Transport and people’s committees of coastal provinces in the region from Quang Ninh to Quang Ngai to inform fishermen of the position and direction of Typhoon Parma.

It is the 10th typhoon to threaten Vietnam this year.

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