Tonight storms the provinces from Thai Binh to Thanh Hoa

Typhoon hit with maximum winds of 75km / h (level 8), causing widespread rain of 250-350 mm, Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa alone could reach 500mm.

In the Gulf of Tonkin earlier, Typhoon Bebinca moved faster, about 10-15 km per hour. At 8am, the storm center in Bach Long Vi Island, 180km from Mong Cai, 230km from Nam Dinh and 370km from Vinh. The strongest wind is 90 km / hour, level 9, two-level shock.

The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting considers that the storm keeps the southwestern direction, the speed is about 10 km per hour and from 0h to noon 17/8 will directly affect the provinces from Quang Ninh to Nghe An . The strongest wind is 75 km / h, level 8, two-level jerk.

At 7 am tomorrow , the storm is on the mainland of Thai Binh, Nam Dinh, Ninh Binh and northern Thanh Hoa. The area of ​​direct influence will expand, stretching from Quang Ninh to Nghe An with wind speed of level 6-7 and level 9.

Forecast of location and path of Typhoon Bebinca at 8am on August 16.(Photo: NCHMF).

From tonight to August 18 , the North and North Central Coast rained heavily, the total amount of 250-350 mm. The focus of rain in the Northeast, plain and midland of Northern Vietnam, Son La, Hoa Binh, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An provinces. Particularly, Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa may rain 400-500 mm / batch; Hanoi rains 200-300 mm / batch.

Meteorological agencies warn, the risk of landslides and flash floods in the northern and northern central mountainous regions, especially in Lai Chau, Son La, Hoa Binh, Yen Bai, Phu Tho, Quang Ninh and Lang Son. , Cao Bang, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An. Flooding will occur in low-lying areas and urban areas of the Northern Delta, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An.

In the August 15 newsletter, the Japanese radio station changed dramatically when the storm forecast turned north, not on Vietnam's coast. The Vietnam Meteorological Agency said that it is possible to change the direction of the round to the North, due to the interaction with the Lipi storm operating in China. However, the distance of the two storms is too far, so the probability of influence is not large.

Many provinces banned sea and evacuated people

At the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control this morning, Deputy Chief of Office Vu Xuan Thanh said that three missions have gone to the storm area to inspect and urge the response.

Thai Binh has banned the sea from 12:00 on August 15 and organized evacuation of people. Before 12:00 today, the provinces of Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Nam Dinh and Ninh Binh will ban the sea and complete the evacuation of people during the day.

Storm satellite image Bebinca on August 16 morning.(Photo: NCHMF).

Information from the Border Guard Command, to 6:00 pm on August 16, the border guard of localities informed and instructed over 36,000 vehicles out of dangerous areas, to a safe shelter. There are currently more than 2,000 vehicles with about 9,400 people (from Quang Ninh to Nghe An) operating near the coast, can go back in the day.

The authorities have informed the owners of rafts, tents, huts, movement over 1,400 people (Nam Dinh and Thai Binh) to shore the storm to avoid storms, the rest have information and commitment to shore before the storms fall. the set.

Regarding hydropower reservoirs, until this morning, the reservoirs remained in operation status. Ho Hoa Binh opened 3 bottom discharge gates, Son La and Tuyen Quang reservoirs opened a blowdown. Currently the water level of the reservoirs is higher than the allowed process. Depending on the changes in the rain and flood, the Steering Committee will decide the operation of the lake.

Before the forecast of Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa provinces will have a special heavy rain (500 mm) and Hanoi will have a rainfall of about 300 mm, the Standing Committee of the Steering Committee requests a document to send to localities to actively respond.

Bebinca is the fourth storm in the South China Sea this year, developed from the low pressure area in the South China Sea on August 8. Due to the interaction with Typhoon Yagi in Shanghai (China) on August 13, the path of the low pressure, then the tropical depression and the storm continuously changed, forming two knots.