Typhoon Mujigae can land in Quang Ninh - Hai Phong

With a traveling speed of 20-25km / h, Typhoon Mujigae is likely to land in Quang Ninh - Hai Phong on the morning of October 5.

Typhoon Mujigae can land in Quang Ninh - Hai Phong provinces

On the afternoon of October 2, the Central Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention online meeting to respond to Typhoon Mujigae, the fourth storm in the East Sea. Mr. Hoang Duc Cuong, Director of the Central Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said that at 12:00 am, the storm center is about 710 km east of the Hoang Sa archipelago.

This is a particularly rare storm when developing from a tropical depression to a storm right on the mainland of Luzon Island (Philippines). At present, the storm reaches level 8 (maximum 75km / h) and continues to increase with the dangerous wind area of ​​level 10 reaching from 50 to 100km. By receiving energy from the East Sea, it is expected that on October 4, the storm will reach level 10-11.

Predict the path and impact area of ​​the storm.(Photo: NCHMF).

The meteorological and hydrological agency issued 3 storms to land, that is to go to Guangxi (China); to the south of the Northern Delta and into Quang Ninh - Hai Phong."The probability of typhoon landing in Quang Ninh - Hai Phong, the focus is on Quang Ninh about 50%. The landing level is expected to be 9-10. Storms cause heavy rain in the Northeastern and northern mountainous areas, the rainfall in the whole period 300-400mm " , Mr. Cuong said.

In response to Typhoon Mujigae, the Ministry of Defense mobilized more than 67,000 soldiers, 2 aircraft, 18 ships, over 600 boats of all kinds, nearly 1,200 rescue vehicles. Border guards of provinces from Quang Ninh to Khanh Hoa instruct more than 46,000 vehicles, cages, aquaculture farms to know the movements and movements of storms to actively prevent.

Cao Duc Phat, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, noted that the storm will intensify with heavy rain. The previous storms damaged after the storm due to heavy rain and flooding, the localities were not subjective. The provinces of Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, and Northern mountainous areas need to plan to respond to flash floods and landslides. The Minister proposed the Central Hydrometeorology Center when the storm approached the shore, it must update every hour for people to know clearly in order to actively respond.

Central Steering Committee on Disaster Prevention online meeting on October 2.

In directing the conference, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai suggested localities to be ready for the worst situation to limit human and property losses."Responding to natural disasters in the context of climate change is to measure every situation, first of all need to check forces in place 4, prepare pumps, dredge ditches, create flood escape timely" , Deputy Prime Minister He said and reminded the Quang Ninh Provincial People's Committee, the Mineral Coal Group to continue cleaning up the channels, opening more drainage channels, lowering the dumping ground to avoid flooding and flooding like the past 50 years of flood and flood. .

Earlier on September 30, the Central Philippine Sea appeared a strong tropical depression at level 6 and this morning, when it crossed Luzon Island, it became a storm (level 8). Compared to the average of many years in the same period, up to now, the number of storms and tropical depressions has been operating in the East Sea and directly affecting the land of Vietnam is still few, currently 4 attacks.The reason is that Vietnam is affected by El Nino, causing temperature rise and less storms.