Typhoon Haiyan is heading into Quang Ngai

As the first island to receive a historic storm, this morning, Song Tu Tay had rain, strong winds hissed. Typhoon has weakened slightly with a gust of 133km / h.

>>>The steps needed to survive the super typhoon

Talking to PV, Senior Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Manh Cuong, head of Song Tu Tay Island said that around 2am this morning, it started to rain and the wind whistled continuously. At about 8.30 am, the maximum wind gusts were more than 133km / h, and the waves were 3 -4m high.

38 people on the island were relocated to safety. 736 fishermen along with 64 fishing boats nearby have visited the island to avoid storms. Despite heavy rain, the military forces are still trying to help some new fishing boats to anchor into a safe place. All fishermen have been taken to the island, providing food to cope with the weather.

Many trees on the island broke down, some houses of people were roofed by the army roofing. All forces on the island have been mobilized to continue reviewing the remaining ships at sea, supporting people to solidify their homes.

The staff of the meteorological and hydrological station of Song Tu Tay Island said that about 14h this afternoon, the storm will pass through the island. Currently the sky is still continuing to rain very heavily, but the wind has decreased compared to this morning, jerking about 100km / h.

Also in Truong Sa island, Lieutenant Colonel Pham Van Hoa, chief, said that since the morning there was heavy rain, the wind jerked. However, because it is quite far from the center of the storm, it is less affected.

Currently, there are 28 people living on the island, mainly engaged in fishing. However, before the information about the storm coming to the chief and the soldiers had to call people to go home 100%.

Regarding the prevention and control, Colonel Pham Van Hoa said that he has divided the force into 5 groups to alternate 24/24 to deal with and solve any situation. The entire island population was also propagated to provide information about the storm, when the storm began to pour into the entire population will be moved to a permanent house to avoid storms. In order to avoid material damage, the chief of the island mobilized forces to help people to bind their houses and properties.

The news of the Center for Meteorological and Hydrological Forecasting said that on the morning of November 9, after entering the northeastern waters of the Spratly Islands, Typhoon Haiyan weakened slightly. 7h on November 9, the center of the storm is about 290km east of Song Tu Tay Island to the northeast, with a maximum wind power of 163km / h.

Moving at a speed of about 30 - 35km / h, until 7 o'clock on November 10, the location of the storm center is located in the waters of Binh Dinh - Quang Tri provinces, with winds of 166km / h.

In the southern part of the Tonkin Gulf, the waters off the provinces from Binh Dinh to Quang Tri (including Ly Son and Con Co islands) from this evening have strong winds of 88km / h. The Middle Central region has heavy rain, then the rainy area will expand to North Central and North, many places have very heavy rain.

Coastal and islands from Quang Ngai - Nghe An need to guard against rising sea levels in combination with high tides from 4 - 6m, sea waves 5 - 8m, areas near the storm center over 10m. The provinces of the Northern Delta and Thanh Hoa from the evening and the night of 10/11 wind will be strong.

Predict the path of Typhoon Haiyan at 7am this morning.(Photo: nchmf)

Mr. Bui Minh Tang, Director of the Central Center for Meteorology and Hydrology said, Haiyan is the most intense storm in history ever entered the East Sea, which can be compared with the strongest storms on Earth before. so far as hurricane Andrew, Katrina stormed into the US, storm Nargis hit Myanmar. Vietnam has been hit by strong storms but no storm has strong winds of over 149km / h while Haiyan winds up to 220km / h.

Haiyan is the 30th storm to form on the Pacific Northwest. The initial formation position is very low latitude about 5-6 North latitude and in the middle of the Pacific Ocean (147-148 East longitude). The scope of newspaper radius is very wide, at 400-500km.

According to the experience of the countries experienced, the devastating power of the storm like Haiyan is very dire. People, livestock and pets are at high risk of being injured or killed by falling debris or flying down. Storms can destroy almost all level 4 houses, regardless of how well they are built.

High-rise buildings may break glass. Billboards, fences will be destroyed. Trees, electric poles are broken and uprooted. Power outages can last for weeks, communication is stalled, traffic is broken and interrupted. Long-term water shortages will increase people's hardship. Most of the housing area will not be available for weeks or months.