Haiyan storm turned to Thanh Hoa

Haiyan typhoon is moving fast in the direction of gradually going north, along the central provinces, towards Thanh Hoa sea to Nam Dinh with decreasing intensity.

According to the newsletter at 9.30 am on November 10, the Central Hydrometeorological Center, the center of the storm is about 200 km east of the provinces of Quang Ngai - Quang Tri, wind power is over 130km an hour. This day and night, the storm moved quickly in the direction of gradually moving to the North, along the Central provinces, towards the Thanh Hoa sea to Nam Dinh.

Today, the storm is forecast to decrease from 2-3 levels. By night 10, dawn November 11, the strongest wind in the area near the center is about 75-100km / h.

Thus, compared to the previous forecast, the storm has not changed much in the direction of movement, but in terms of intensity, storms are falling faster. The central coastal region still suffers from dangerous wind levels but the level also decreases.

The international forecast stations have also lowered the alert level for Haiyan.

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The forecast report at 9.30am shows that the direction of the storm is moving to Thanh Hoa - Nam Dinh area

Also according to meteorological agencies, the rainfall poured into the Central region will be less than the previous forecast. Instead, the rain will focus on the Northern Delta and Eastern North.

Coastal and islands from Quang Tri to Quang Binh are likely to have storm surges combined with high tides of 2.5-3.5m; Sea waves in the area of ​​Ha Tinh - Hai Phong is forecasted to be 5m high.

From noon and this afternoon, the North Bay of Tonkin began to have strong winds. Typhoons will threaten the Northern and Thanh Hoa coastal areas from this afternoon.

Hydrometeorological information also warns, in the evening of November 10 to 12, the Northern Delta, including Hanoi City, has large-scale heavy rain, popular rainfall is about 200-300mm.

Quang Ngai : This morning, recorded by the reporter in Ly Son Island, said there was a strong gust of wind over 70km per hour (level 8).

After a heavy rain of 100mm last night, Quang Ngai this morning was still blowing strong but the rain was stopped. The province had to relocate 128,000 people to avoid storms, some places like Binh Son district had to relocate to 35,000 people.

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Although the rain and wind were strong, people in the coastal villages of Quang Ngai went away from the storm.(Photo: Tri Tin)

Currently, Quang Ngai has recorded two deaths including Mr. Phung Thanh Lam (Duc Long commune, Mo Duc district) and reporter Hong Sen (radio station in Duc Pho district). This reporter suffered a traffic accident while on the way to work. Thus, two provinces of Quang Nam and Quang Ngai in the past 2 days had 4 people killed, 38 injured.

Quang Binh: At 7 o'clock this morning, the waters of Nhat Le sea had strong gusts of wind, but the rain stopped, the sea level did not rise significantly. People still ride motorcycles normally along the coastal road. According to the chief of Nhat Le Border Guard Station, there is still no need to move people to avoid storms.

The flood control committee of Quang Binh said that the rainfall measured at 7am this morning at stations from 10 - 20mm, the water level of the rivers is still low, the reservoirs with valve gates have raised doors to discharge floods.

Nghe An: small rain, light wind. Talking to PV about the possibility of moving the direction of the storm, Mr. Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of Nghe An province, said the province is meeting to discuss measures to combat storms. Currently, the province has moved more than 13,000 households with over 46,600 people. "We are closely monitoring the storm to respond. If storms land directly on Nghe An, we will move forward, " Hong said.

At Cua Lo beach, it is not rain or light wind. Many people and children pulled together to watch the ocean waves, people participating in the traffic were normal. A wedding takes place close to the beach still tense at 10:30 am.

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Quang Tri people take boats to shore to avoid storms.(Photo: Quang Ha)

In all 11 provinces and cities from Ninh Binh to Phu Yen, more than 330,000 households with more than 880,000 people are in the evacuation plan.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam has a diplomatic note to send to Malaysia, Indonesia, China and Philippines to support Vietnamese ships, boats and fishermen in storm shelter in cases where Vietnamese boats and fishermen fail to keep up. Back to shore. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also instructed Vietnamese embassies in countries to closely monitor changes in storms, urgently coordinate with local authorities to take timely measures to support ships and boats. and Vietnamese fishermen.