The cyclone sank many ships, the Noul storm strengthened to level 16

Hurricanes and thunderstorms that have occurred over the past 2 days have sunk many boats, killing 4 fishermen in Quang Ninh and Thai Binh. Meanwhile, storm Noul near the East Sea has increased to super typhoon - level 16.

On May 10, Mr. Pham Van Thieu, Chairman of Minh Thanh Ward People's Committee ( Quang Yen town , Quang Ninh ) said that the body of Mr. Do Van Ha (56 years old) and his wife Tran Thi Thi (51 years old, residing at Yen Lap Dong village) was found after a missing day due to boat flip.

Earlier in the morning of May 9, when fishing on the river creek in the area bordering Hoang Tan commune (Quang Yen town) and Gia Luan (Cat Hai, Hai Phong), thunderstorms suddenly hit the boat. upside down. After a day of searching, the victim's body was found 200m in distress.

Today Noul has reached the super storm level, so the eye of the storm (the black spot between the white whirlpool) appears very clearly.
Photo: NCHMF .

In Thai Binh , in the afternoon of 8/5, Mr. Ta Duy Duong's boat, which is exploiting seafood in the area north of the Hoa estuary, suddenly encounters wind and sunk. Ship owner Ta Duy Duong (34 years old) and Nguyen Khuong Vinh (36 years old) were killed. Fishermen Pham Binh Quan (44) was rescued by a ship of Hai Phong fishermen.

In addition, in many mountainous provinces also met thunderstorms. In Tuyen Quang , storms and rains occurred on May 9 in Minh Huong and Yen Phu communes (Ham Yen), causing 3 houses to collapse, 9 houses were unroofed, and luckily there was no damage to people.

In Quang Tri , a tornado with hail occurred at the end of May 9th, causing over 100 houses in 3 communes of Vinh Linh district and 2 communes of Gio Linh district to have roofs, hundreds of hectares of rice and crops, and public trees. Industry collapsed.

The central hydro-meteorological center said that on May 10, the storm of Noul became strong into a super typhoon with maximum winds of 201 km per hour - level 16 . Tonight the storm follows the north-northwest direction, then swings north to the northeast, far from the East Sea.

Compared to yesterday's forecast, the storm changed slightly in the direction of not going to Luzon island of the Philippines . However, due to the impact of typhoon circulation, the northeastern sea will have strong winds of level 6-8 and strong seas.