Hurricane Kalmaegi went deep into the land and reduced levels

At 23pm, after passing Quang Ninh storm, the rate is reduced to level 7-8 (maximum 62km / h) and currently in Lang Son and Bac Giang provinces. Rain after storm is showing signs of strengthening in Hai Phong and Quang Ninh.

September 16

18:00

10 people died in the Philippines.

Before landing in Vietnam, at noon on the day of typhoon Kalmaegi with winds of 140-160km / h flooded into Hainan Island, southern China, leaving 90,000 people evacuated. In Hong Kong, many schools, offices and stock markets are closed, nearly 600 flights canceled.

One day earlier, the typhoon also caused 8,000 Filipinos to evacuate to shelter centers when scanning the country. The Philippines suffered from power outages and local flooding, where the water was high to the chest. A ferry carrying 15 crew members overturned. 10 people died.

Typhoons cause flooding and widespread power outages in the Philippines.(Photo: Reuters)

18:30

At 17:00 pm on September 16, the storm is forecast to head straight to Quang Ninh - Hai Phong and sweep through many northern mountainous provinces. These localities are warned of high risk of flash floods and landslides.

20h30

Quang Ninh is defined as the place where the storm center passes. According to reporters, the center of Ha Long City has 9-10 strong winds with heavy rain. The cau king row in Ha Long road blows up and down, many branches are broken down into the road. The circulation by motorbike is difficult because of the wind. Bai Chay Bridge has been banned from circulation. On the bridge to record level 11 wind, motorbikes, although walking, cannot pass.

To ensure the safety of the people, the government cut off the electricity, making the whole city dark. The roads are almost without people.

A piece of corrugated iron fence was struck by the wind.(Photo: Ba Do)

Quang Ninh previously relocated more than 10,000 people living in dangerous areas, capable of landslides, flooding, concentrated in Quang Yen town with 2,680 people, Van Don with 1,860 people, Cam Pha with 1,520 people, Tien Yen 4,110 people. The province resolutely enforced those who did not abide by the evacuation order. The most worrying thing about the government is that there are more than 33km of sea dykes lower than the tide. When storms enter, it will cause sea level rise, which can overtake the dyke and cause flooding.

In Hai Phong, there is also strong winds of level 9-10. Trees in many urban roads such as in Hai An district and Do Son coastal district have collapsed. The rain grew heavy. The city has cut off some areas.

21:00

In Ha Long City, Quang Ninh has fallen, only mild winds. However, according to the experience of the people, this is not a sign of storms but only temporary silence.

On Ha Long street, many branches break down. In particular, in front of Co Ngu restaurant, trees fell on Audi cars. The fence of green corrugated iron over a meter tall, more than 30 meters long of Bai Chay tourist harbor dock was knocked down by the wind. Many billboards and posters were torn apart by the wind.

The Audi car was crushed by a branch.(Photo: Ba Do)

Not the storm, but the coastal districts of Tien Hai and Thai Binh have heavy rain, strong winds of about 8-9. Some motorbikes cannot circulate due to wind rushing.

Le Thanh Hai, deputy director of the National Center for Meteorological and Hydrology, said the storm center is about 50km away from the mainland, and is expected to enter Mong Cai - Tien Yen area of ​​Quang Ninh province.

21h15

The news at 21:00 of the Central Hydrometeorological Center shows that the storm moves in the West-Northwest direction, the strongest wind power reaches 102km / h, at which time the storm is about 50km from Quang Ninh coast.

The impact of circulation before the storm, Hanoi has rain from the afternoon and the darker and heavier it gets. Strong winds of level 3-4, residents living in high-rise buildings can hear the wind whistling. The management of high-rise buildings all issued a notice asking people to close all windows.

Hanoi City recommends that the principals of schools base on the actual situation to decide for students to leave school, and to arrange forces to manage students who still go to school.

The path and location of the storm at 20h on September 16.(Source: Central Center for Meteorological and Hydrological Forecasting)

22h00

The storm center has entered Mong Cai - Tien Yen area (Quang Ninh) with the strongest winds of 102km / h (level 10). A storm of wind had thrown down many trees, jolted many corrugated iron roofs of tall buildings.

Ha Long City and many districts such as Tien Yen, Van Don and Cam Pha were cut off. People after fighting against the house are only staying in the house, listening to the wind whistling through the door. For the people here, the storm has become accustomed because every year there is at least one storm. They were just surprised by the storm at this time, when it was autumn.

People on Ky Luu road are preparing to roof the roof to reinforce because the wind is quite strong.(Photo: Giang Huy)

22h15

Wind whistles in Quang Ninh, Audi cars are broken.

22h30

Talking to the PV, Mr. Nguyen Huu Giang, Director of the Quang Ninh Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said that by this time, the storm has passed through the province and cannot yet complete the damage statistics.

According to Mr. Pham Minh Chinh, Quang Ninh Provincial Party Committee Secretary, preliminary statistics showed that storms and typhoons have caused 10 houses in Cai Rong to have roofs and 1,000 ha of paddy fields to fall. Heavy rain is spreading in Tien Yen and Dam Ha districts .

At the heart of Ha Long City, the wind began to show signs of diminishing, rainfall was only a few dozen mm. Out of the way, there was no shadow of the cars.

In Hai Phong City, initially when the storm was approaching the mainland, there was strong northeast wind with level 10, but now the wind changes in the south direction and seems to be stronger, jerking many billboards. The whole inner city lost power, only some streets have electricity and roads, heavier rain than before.

23h00

The storm is going deep into Lang Son, Bac Giang and Thai Nguyen provinces and weakening. In Bac Giang, strong winds of level 7 are recorded (below stormy level, only equivalent to tropical depressions). It is forecasted that in the morning of tropical low pressure in the northern mountainous area, the wind will decrease to below 39km / h (below level 6). Circulation after the storm still causes heavy rain for the Northeast and northern mountainous areas.

About the damage, Mr. Vu Van Dien (Chairman of Tien Yen District People's Committee, Quang Ninh) said that there was a collapsed house in the area. Current circulation after the storm still causes strong winds at level 8 for Quang Ninh. After about half an hour of rain, it was raining heavily. Ha Long City has not yet been re-energized.

Typhoon Hai Phong passes strong winds of 9-10 level, more broken trees, uprooted. Some billboards and corrugated iron were swept away. Outbound flights - to Cat Bi airport are postponed today, the port also ceased operation.

It is very difficult to climb up to strengthen the roof because the wind is very strong, the photo was taken at 21h45 at Ky Don, Dong Dang and Lang Son streets.(Photo: Giang Huy)

23h30

Post-storm circulation is causing heavy rain for most of the northern provinces, including Hanoi capital. The wind still tugged at each.

Hai Phong Border Guard Command said that 13 fishermen were successfully rescued on a fishing vessel of Nghe An. This ship has broken anchor rope, drifted in the channel area to Viet Hai pier, Cat Hai island district. There are 13 fishermen on the ship, of which 2 are seriously injured when the anchor wire is broken.

Cat Ba border guard station sent a rescue boat to the scene but due to the big waves, high winds, dark night, the boat could go halfway to go back, announces the Hai Phong Border Guards Command for strengthening means .

The command of the Hai Phong Border Guard Command ordered the CN09 ship to be dispatched - the most modern rescue ship of the Border Guards who was on storm at Cat Ba beach to rescue. And at 23:00, the CN09 and another patrol ship of Cat Ba Border Guard are seeking to approach Nghe An and rescue fishermen.

At 23h20 two border ships approached the ship in distress and were towing to the mainland.