The storm with extraordinary speed is heading into the South China Sea

According to the Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention of the Central Highlands, Higos (typhoon No. 8) is an extraordinary storm, with fast moving speed and complicated movement direction. On the evening of October 1, this storm will begin to enter the South China Sea.

Director of the Central Center for Meteorological and Hydrological Forecasting Bui Minh Tang said that at 16:00 on October 1, storm center number 8 is in the southern island of Luzong (Philippines) with wind speed near the storm center up to level 8 (62 - 74 km). one hour). On the night of October 1, the storm will enter the East Sea, at a speed of 20-25 km per hour.

At 16:00 on October 3, typhoon No. 8 can be located in the northeastern part of the Hoang Sa archipelago, wind power reaches 89-117 km per hour (level 10-11). In the afternoon of October 4, the typhoon can be about 120 km from Hainan Island (China), the wind level is 11-12 (103-133 km per hour).

Plan to forecast the direction of meteorological stations.(Photo: TD)

According to Mr. Tang, due to moving relatively quickly, it does not exclude the possibility that Typhoon Higos will continue to shift and change the intensity. Most likely, boats in the Northeastern Paracel Islands will lie in the center of the storm. The most unfavorable case is that the storm can turn west.

Statistics of the Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Control showed that provinces from Da Nang to Phu Yen still have 16 ships with 190 people operating in the Hoang Sa archipelago and the middle and north of the East Sea. In addition, there are still nearly 1,400 ships with nearly 12,000 people operating in other areas.

In the face of the danger of typhoon No. 8 as well as the avoidance of heavy losses in the past two storms, at the afternoon meeting on October 1, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai instructed: "Need to be mentally prepared as a storm will go ashore: Localities in the area affected by storms need to resolutely evacuate people, including coercion ".

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat said that on October 2, it is necessary to inform and advise fishermen in Hoang Sa area to go ashore or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs needs to contact China to ask for fishermen. on the island."If the storm hits the mainland, definitely call people to shore and guide how to anchor boats properly," Phat said.

However, the head of Agriculture also admitted that it is very difficult to call fishermen to bring the ships to the mainland: "This is expensive, the people who have not caught anything but called back to the mainland are very difficult."

Storm No. 7 devastated after landing in Quang Binh.(Photo: Thanh Tung)

After landing in Quang Binh province with the wind level of 8-9, September 30, the storm No. 7 (Mek Khala) went to Laos and weakened into a tropical depression. The total preliminary damage caused by storm No. 7 is about VND 108 billion.

According to local reports, by October 1, the storm No. 7 killed 5 people (Quang Binh 3 people), 10 missing people (Quang Binh 3, Thanh Hoa 4) and 13 missing people. More than 160 houses collapsed, collapsed and more than 6,000 houses were flooded, speeding roofs . In addition, there were 43 ships sunk, drifting, damaged.

Before the reality of the storm No. 7, which was not devastatingly strong, but caused many localities to fail to keep up and cause great damage at sea, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai asked: "This morning, did the Prime Minister ask Why am I not that big and deadly like this? "