What does Storm Bualoi mean and where does it come from?

Typhoon Bualoi is maintaining strong intensity, moving very quickly towards the mainland of Nghe An - Quang Tri. The name of storm Bualoi was proposed by Thailand and included in the international list of storm names of the Storm Committee of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

In 2014, super typhoon Rammasun caused severe damage and was subsequently removed from the naming list. Bualoi was added to the list instead.

Although the storm is forecast to move very fast, very strong with great destructive power, the name Bualoi has another meaning.

Bualoi - is a Thai dessert made from rice flour rolled into small balls, cooked in coconut milk and sugar. Bualoi or Bua Loy in Thai means floating lotus, "bua" means lotus, "loi" means floating.

Bualoi is considered a traditional sweet rice dumpling dish of the "Land of Golden Pagodas", made from simple ingredients but has an extremely delicate combination of flavors.

Bualoi dessert in Thailand. (Photo: Tastingtable)

According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, storm Bualoi formed in the sea east of the Philippines, reaching level 12 before making landfall in the Philippines on September 26.

On the evening of September 26, storm Bualoi weakened to level 11, gusting to level 13, and entered the East Sea, becoming storm number 10 in 2025.

Currently, the storm is at level 11-12, moving in the West Northwest direction at a speed of about 35km/h. At 12:00 on September 27, the storm was about 300km southeast of Hoang Sa special zone, about 680km east southeast of Da Nang , maintaining level 11-12 (103-133km/h), gusting to level 15.

The meteorological agency assessed that Storm Bualoi is a very fast moving storm, about 30-35 km/h, nearly double the average speed. The storm is strong, the closer it moves to the shore, the stronger it tends to be, the wider the area of influence, and can cause a combination of many types of natural disasters such as strong winds, heavy rains, floods, flash floods, landslides and coastal flooding.

The impact of Typhoon Bualoi in the Philippines has recorded deaths, more than 433,000 people evacuated due to the risk of landslides and floods.

The path of storm Bualoi was updated at 12:00 on September 27. (Source: NCHMF)

Forecast around morning of September 28, Storm No. 10 Bualoi will move into the central sea and around the evening to the night of September 28, it will make landfall in Nghe An - North Quang Tri. Wide storm circulation, strong winds will directly affect the coastal provinces and cities of the Northeast, the North Central provinces from Thanh Hoa - Hue City.

"This is a The storm is very strong, with forecasted strong winds on land likely to be equivalent to or greater than storm No. 5 Kajiki that made landfall in Ha Tinh in 2025. Storm No. 5 causes strong winds of level 8-10, gusting to level 12 in the Nghe An-Ha Tinh area. meteorological information agency.

The storm is moving very fast towards Nghe An-Quang Tri provinces. Level 4 disaster risk warning for coastal inland areas from Nghe An to northern Quang Tri.

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