Kujira suddenly leveled up, approaching the North

Different from the previous forecast, in the morning of June 24, the storm suddenly increased to one level and caused heavy rain and strong winds throughout the northern and northern central provinces.

Kujira suddenly increased his level

Last night and dawn this morning, the storm hardly moved. The storm is thought to weaken before landing suddenly, increasing one level, reaching 9, jerking to level 12 .

At 9am on June 24, the storm center is about 50 km southeast of Quang Ninh - Thai Binh coast, the strongest wind in the area near the center reaches level 9 (75-88 km per hour), jerking to level 12. With This distance, the storm swept into coastal areas. From Quang Ninh to Nam Dinh and the North Central region, heavy rain and strong winds appear.

The coastal areas of Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Thai Binh and Nam Dinh have strong winds of level 6-8, level 9-11; other places in the North East have winds of level 6-8. Quang Ninh-Hai Phong coastal area has 2-4m high sea waves. Disaster risk level: level 3.

Particularly, Bach Long Vi island, during the night of the 11-12 strong winds, the island of Co To vigorously shook level 9.

Location of the storm center at 7:00 am on June 24.(Photo: NCHMF).

On June 24, the storm moved slowly, only 5 km per hour, in the north-west direction and can be further strengthened before going to the mainland.

At 4 pm, the storm center is located on the Quang Ninh - Thai Binh mainland with the area wind near the center reaching level 8-9 (from 60 to 90 km per hour).

Today, north of the Gulf of Tonkin (including Bach Long Vi island district, Co To, Van Don and Cat Hai) continuously has strong winds of level 8, the area near the storm center passes levels 9-10, level 12-13 . Coastal from Quang Ninh to Nam Dinh maintains strong winds of level 8-9, jerking to level 12. Other places in the Northeast Wind gusts of level 7-8.

The meteorological agency provides a high level of disaster risk warning (level 3) for the above areas.

The storm then moved northwestward into the mainland and weakened into a tropical depression, then a low pressure area.

Satellite image of 24/6 shows that the edge of the storm has swept into the coastal area of ​​Quang Ninh - Thai Binh.Stormy areas also cover the Northeastern North and part of the North Central Coast, causing moderate rain to heavy rain.(Photo: NCHMF).

In today and tomorrow the North East and North Central Coast has moderate rain to heavy rain. On the Red River and Thai Binh Rivers system, there will be a flood with an increase in upstream from 3-6 m, downstream 2-3 m.

From Thanh Hoa to Ha Tinh , heavy rains lasted on June 25, causing rivers to appear flood with amplitude up to 2-4 m upstream and 1-2 m downstream. However, the flood peak is below the alarm level 1.

Meteorological agency issued warning of flash floods, landslides in mountainous areas of Thanh Hoa, Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces. Especially some areas such as Quan Hoa, Muong Lat, Quan Son, Thuong Xuan, Lang Chanh (Thanh Hoa) and Ky Son, Tuong Duong, Que Phong, Quy Chau and Quy Hop (Nghe An) districts.

Emphasizing the danger of typhoon No. 1, Minister Cao Duc Phat said that storms that have a similar path to Ramasun storm landed in Vietnam in 2014: 'When inland, Typhoon Ramasun is not strong but heavy rain occurs in mountainous areas. The storm killed 31 people and 1 missing person. The most severe is Lang Son with 6 deaths'.

And Mr. Hoang Duc Cuong - Director of the Central Hydrometeorological Center said that the intensity of storms is not strong, but the rainfall is complicated, there are likely to be flash floods and flash floods in Quang Ninh and Lang Son provinces. Cao Bang, Bac Can, Bac Giang, Ha Giang .