How did Bopha storm enter Vietnam?

At 04:00 on December 7, the location of the center of the storm was about 13.4 degrees north latitude; 115.8 degrees Kinh Dong, about 550km from Hoang Sa archipelago to the southeast. The strongest wind is in the area near the center of strong storm level 11 (ie from 103 to 117 km per hour), level 12 and level 13 jerks.

It is forecasted that in the next 24 hours, the storm will move mainly in the North-West direction, then it is possible to change direction to the Northeast, about 10km every hour. At 04:00 on December 8, the location of the center of the storm is about 15.4 degrees Vi Bac; 116.2 degrees Kinh Dong, about 450 km from Hoang Sa archipelago to the East of Southeast. The strongest winds in the area near the storm center are strong at level 10, level 11 (ie from 89 to 117 km per hour), level 12 and level 13 jerks.

Photo of the path and location of the storm

In the next 24 to 48 hours, the storm moves northeast, about 5 - 10 km every hour. At 04:00 on December 9, the location of the storm center is about 16.2 degrees Vi Bac; 117.4 degrees Kinh Dong, about 570km from Hoang Sa archipelago to the East. The strongest wind in the area near the storm center is strong at level 10 (ie from 89 to 102 km per hour), level 11 and level 12 jerks.

In the next 48 to 72 hours, the storm has the ability to change the direction of moving slowly to the southeast, about 5km per hour.

Due to the influence of typhoons, the area between the South China Sea (including the northeastern waters of the Spratly Islands) has strong winds of level 8 and 9, the area near the center of the storm passes through level 10, level 11, jerks. level 12, level 13. The sea is intense.

In addition, due to strong influence with strong East-North wind zone, North East Sea area (including the Paracel Islands) has strong winds of level 6, level 7, level 8 shock.