The South China Sea has big storms and tornadoes threatening the waters of Vietnam

The second storm in the South China Sea is heading into the Philippine Sea with winds of level 15 and 16. The Vietnam Meteorological Agency warns that the waters off the provinces from Binh Thuan to Ca Mau need to be prepared for tornadoes. .

Typhoon SONGDA is level 15, level 16 when entering Philippine waters. (Photo : NCHMF ).

The Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting said that the storm with the international name SONGDA, is operating strongly in the eastern sea of ​​the Central (Philippines). According to the latest report, at 13:00 today (May 24), the location of the center of the storm is about 12.5 degrees north latitude; 130.2 degrees east longitude, on the eastern central region (Philippines). The strongest wind is in the area near strong storm level 11, shock level 13, level 14.

It is forecasted that in the next 24 hours, the storm will move mainly in the direction of the West-North West, about 15 km per hour and continue to increase. By 13:00 on May 25, the location of the center of the storm was about 13.5 degrees north latitude; 127.6 degrees Kinh Dong, on the eastern region of Central Philippines. The strongest wind in the area near the center of the storm is level 12, level 14, level 15.

By 13:00 on May 26, the location of the center of the storm was about 15.2 degrees Vi Bac; 125.0 degrees east longitude. About 360km from Lu-Dong Island (Philippines) to the East of Southeast. The strongest wind in the area near the storm center is strong at level 12, level 13 (ie, from 118 to 149 km per hour), level 15, level 16. The meteorological agency said that this is a great storm. However, based on the path of the storm, Vietnam's sea area is not much affected.

However, due to the influence of the southwest monsoon activity, the South China Sea region (including the Spratly waters), the offshore waters from Binh Thuan to Ca Mau have strong winds. 5, at level 6, level 7, level 8 and strong thunderstorms; In the storm, there should be a tornado.