Vietnam may be affected only by storm surges

At 12:00 pm on December 11, the international storm No. 10 named Utor continued to move up to the northwestern direction. Satellite images of the US Navy show that the storm is moving toward the Paracel Islands, two days will turn toward Hainan Island, China.

Meteorological stations of Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines . all predict the direction of the storm, compared to the difference yesterday.

16h on 11/12, the location of the storm center is about 13.6 degrees north latitude, 117.5 degrees east longitude, more than 700 km from Hoang Sa. But along the coast from the Central to the South, the weather was bad. Ho Chi Minh City on December 10 and December 11 also have a light rain - an unusual sign of the city when the rainy season is about to turn dry.

Path of storm No. 10. (Photo: VNN)

However, these northeast monsoon winds can cause heavy rain for Central Vietnam, which is thirsty and in danger of severe drought in 2007 if it does not rain. However, this expert also affirmed that the path of Typhoon Utor is complicated and depends on many other impact factors, so it cannot be confirmed that the storm does not enter Vietnam.

"Although the storm center has come directly to the Central region or not, the circulation of typhoon also causes heavy rain for the provinces in this area, because the influence of level 10 storms has a radius of about 120 km, while the winds of level 6 broaden. to over 300 km, "the expert said.

Also in the spirit of being ready to respond to the storm No. 10, not subjective negligence, the Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention continues to ask the provinces to prepare a plan to prevent storms, relocate people, keep abreast of developments. the storm can react quickly when the storm can change direction to the mainland of Vietnam.

According to preliminary statistics at the Provincial Committee for Flood and Storm Control from Nghe An to Kien Giang, up to this afternoon, there are more than 500 boats still operating in the sea. In particular, most boats are fishing on the southern sea, which is far away from the storm road so many subjective fishermen are not willing to seek shelter.

PA