But storms appeared in Asia: Phong Than became stronger and destroyed similarly in 2008?

Weather forecast information said that by the end of this week, Phong Than typhoon will get stronger.

2019 is considered to be a year of strong activity in the Western Pacific basin - the region was dubbed the "most violent storm" on the planet.

After the production of a series of strong typhoons, Level 5 (the strongest on the Atlantic Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale), among them are Typhoon Hagibis, Ha Long Super typhoon and most recently typhoon No. 6 (with winds of level 15) has just landed in our country, this basin appears again at the same time 2 tropical storms (song storms).

The appearance of the western Pacific storm

According to the latest weather forecast of the National Weather Center (AccuWeather) , there are two tropical storms in the Western Pacific basin named Fengshen (Phong Than) and Kalmaegi (Hai Au). ).

As of 7am on November 13, 2019, Phong Than typhoon had a strong winds of 74 km / h, strong winds of 93 km / h (equivalent to Level 1 on the Saffir-Simpson scale). Phong Than moves very fast, every hour going 33 km to the northwest. Hurricane Phong Than is 1,230 km east of Saipan Island (Northern Mariana Islands) to the east, Pacific Daily News added.

Meanwhile, up to 7 hours on the same day, Hai Au storm has strong winds of 56 km / hour, gust strong winds of 74 km / hour. Kalmaegi moves quite quickly to the northwest, 24 hours per hour.

According to Taiwan News , meteorologist Chang Cheng-chuan of the China Weather Center (CWB) , said Hurricane Phong Than was directed towards the Philippines. However, by taking natural energy from the ocean, Phong Than could change direction and move north and reach the east coast of Taiwan this weekend.

GPM satellite images of Phong Than typhoon on 12/11 show heavy rainfall in some areas in excess of 40 mm per hour.(Source: NASA / NRL).

According to the latest satellite images from the Global Rainfall Program (GPM) made by the Japan Aerospace Agency (JAXA) and NASA, showing, from a tropical depression formed on 11 / 11, Phong Than became a typhoon on November 12 and increased rainfall according to the intensity of the storm.

It is predicted that Phong Than will gradually strengthen in this weekend.

Mr. Chang Cheng-chuan said that the weather forecast centers are closely monitoring the intensity and expected routes of Phong Than and Hai Au storms to provide the latest weather forecast, because in In the past, two storms of this name have caused thousands of deaths, causing billions of dollars in damage.

Destructive power of Wind God (2008) and Hai Au (2014)

Phong Than and Hai Au are the 25th and 26th storms in the 2019 storm season in the Western Pacific basin.

Phong Than and Hai Au are also the names of two storms, which were named in 2008 and 2014, respectively, in the "Pacific" storm.

According to NASA data, Typhoon Phong (2008) hit the Philippines and China directly. Typhoon Typhoon (2008), despite being only Level 2 strong on the Saffir-Simpson scale, left more than 1,300 people dead and nearly 100 missing.

The majority of deaths were in the Philippines when the storm caused the ferry sinking, killing nearly 800 people. The economic loss that Phong Than (2008) caused was US $ 480 million.

Floods caused by Typhoon Phong Than (2008) in the Philippines.(Photo: Pinterest).

Particularly Hai Au storm (2014) has a very large impact area, from the Philippines to China, Vietnam and India. Typhoons cause widespread flooding in Southeast Asia; causing 48 deaths, causing economic losses of up to 2.92 billion USD (in 2914).