Storm Bualoi makes landfall in the East Sea tonight, 70% likely to hit the North Central region

Storm Bualoi is a very strong storm, moving quickly through the area where many ships are operating; heading towards the mainland of the North Central region that has just suffered heavy damage from storms No. 3 and No. 5.

Storm Bualoi is likely to enter the East Sea tonight, September 26. (Source: Department of Hydrometeorology)

According to the Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, it is expected that on the evening of September 26, storm Bualoi will enter the East Sea and become storm number 10 in 2025. The storm will have a direct impact around September 29. This is a strong storm, moving very fast (twice as fast as a normal storm) and is likely to continue to increase in intensity due to few unfavorable factors on the way.

Faced with the complicated developments of the storm, on the afternoon of September 22, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment held a meeting to deploy response solutions in the coming days.

Associate Professor - Doctor Mai Van Khiem, Director of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (Department of Hydro-Meteorology, Ministry of Agriculture and Environment), said that at 1 p.m. today, the center of the storm was at about 12.6 degrees North latitude; 121.1 degrees East longitude; in the central region of the Philippines. The storm intensity is level 11, gusting over level 15. The storm moves fast at about 30km/hour.

It is forecasted that by 1 p.m. on September 27, the storm will move at about 35 km/h, enter the East Sea, and tend to strengthen. The center of the storm will be at about 15.2 degrees North latitude, 114.2 degrees East longitude, with winds of level 11-12, gusting to level 15. Disaster risk level 3 in the North and Central East Sea (including Hoang Sa special zone).

As of 1 p.m. on September 28, the National Hydrometeorological Agency forecast the storm would move at 25-30 km/hour; disaster risk level 3 in the northern and central areas of the East Sea, Hoang Sa, and the sea off Thanh Hoa- Quang Ngai .

Then, at around 1:00 p.m. on September 29, the storm continued to move at a speed of 25-30 km/hour. The risk of natural disasters due to the storm is forecast at level 3, mainly concentrated in the Northwest region and the middle of the East Sea, Hoang Sa, the Thanh Hoa-Quang Ngai sea area, and the North of the Gulf of Tonkin (including Bach Long Vy, Van Don, Co To, Cat Hai, Hon Dau).

Warning: In the next 72 - 96 hours, the storm will continue to move rapidly to the West Northwest, 25 - 30 km per hour. The storm's intensity will gradually weaken.

Associate Professor - Doctor Mai Van Khiem, Director of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

“With an average speed of 30km/h, this is twice as fast as other storms. In addition, the strongest intensity is level 13, gusting to level 15, when it reaches the shore it is likely to be as strong as, or even stronger than, storm number 5,” Mr. Khiem said.

According to forecasts, after hitting the East Sea tonight, September 26, there is a 70% chance that storm Bualoi will enter the North Central region. With the current forecast scenario for the storm, it is forecasted that from September 28-30, the North and provinces from Thanh Hoa to Quang Tri will have very heavy rain.

However, Mr. Khiem also noted that the occurrence of heavy rain in the above areas depends on the direction of movement on September 28-30 due to the impact of the subtropical high pressure system. In case the above forecast scenario is correct, the rain may extend to the Upper Laos region.

Regarding the situation of floods and landslides, with the above storm scenario, rivers in the Northern region and provinces from Thanh Hoa to Quang Tri may experience a flood, the flood peak may fluctuate at level 1-2, in some places it may fluctuate at level 3.

In response to the above developments, Mr. Pham Duc Luan - Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention and Control (Ministry of Agriculture and Environment) emphasized that storm Bualoi (storm No. 10) is a strong storm, moving very quickly, so the direction and response work must be carried out with a decisive spirit, early and from a distance to ensure the safety of people's lives and limit property damage.

Therefore, response work must absolutely not be passive or surprised in any situation, especially in the context of consecutive, prolonged natural disasters with high risks of impacting production and people's lives at sea and on land.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment Nguyen Hoang Hiep chaired the meeting.

In that spirit, the leaders of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment requested relevant ministries, branches and People's Committees of provinces and cities to call on and guide ships operating at sea to leave dangerous areas or return to safe shelters; deploy measures to ensure safety for tourism and aquaculture activities at sea, estuaries and along the coast; based on specific situations, proactively decide to ban fishing vessels, transport vessels and tourist vessels from going to sea; and have plans to ensure safety for tourists.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment also requested localities to urgently complete the repair and remedy of incidents and damages to dike works that have occurred in the recent past; check and review the readiness of dike protection plans against floods in the area according to the "4 on-site" motto; and decide to let students stay home from school when the storm hits, depending on the local situation.

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