Jebi storm level up in the East Sea

After entering the East Sea, storm Jebi is getting stronger. The storm is expected to sweep through Hainan Island (China) with a strong intensity of level 10 before entering the Gulf of Tonkin.

In the morning of August 1, the storm center was only about 200km east of the southeast of the Hoang Sa archipelago, the wind reached level 9 (nearly 90km an hour). Day and night, the storm is mainly northwest with a speed of 10-15km per hour.

The storm will sweep through Hainan Island (China) before entering the Gulf of Tonkin.(Photo: NCHMF)

The meteorological agency said that the storm continued to intensify, reaching level 10, when crossing the Paracel Islands and approaching Hainan Island (China). Due to friction on the ground, Jebi will drop by one level when entering the Gulf of Tonkin on August 3 morning.

The storm is causing strong winds of level 9 to the north and between the East Sea (including the waters of the Paracel Islands), rough seas and strong thunderstorms. Tomorrow (August 2), the Gulf of Tonkin begins to have strong winds to level 8. From August 3 morning, the coastal areas of the North Eastern provinces will be strong, Northern and Thanh Hoa heavy rains. Flash floods and landslides are more likely to occur in the mountains. Coastal provinces from Quang Ninh to Nam Dinh need to watch for sea level rise combined with high tide of 3-5m.

Meanwhile, on the mainland of the northern provinces, the impact of the recent flood and flood has not been completely overcome, many mountainous areas are "full" of water, easy to erode. Therefore, a rain forecast of up to 30mm in the next 2-3 days is likely to have more serious consequences for the whole region.

Many meteorological stations in the world share the same statement about the evolution of storm Jebi.(Photo: US Naval Meteorological Agency)

The Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Fighting requires the Northern localities to take measures to ensure safety of critical points, flash flood-prone areas, landslides, underground routes and mineral exploitation tunnels. . Reservoirs do not store water, especially small lakes. Localities take the initiative in drainage of water, avoid flooding when heavy rains occur, with appropriate harvesting plans for the area of ​​rice and summer-autumn crops.

At sea, at 6am 1/8, Border Guard provinces cooperated with the locality, the captain of the boat master's family informed, tallyed, instructed 35,174 vehicles with 160,817 people to know the evolution of storms. At present, there are 4 ships anchored at Da Loi Island, 8 ships in the Hoang Sa archipelago have not grasped the position; A ship with 7 fishermen from Quang Binh who is operating in Hainan Island is proposing to stay in the island.

Jebi is the fifth storm to operate on the East Sea this year.