Why is storm No. 10 the first storm in Vietnam to be warned red?

Storm No. 10 is forecasted when landfall in our country will be strong level 12-13, level 16 jerk and it is the first storm of Vietnam to be warned of danger level 4 (red).

In the morning of September 13, at the emergency meeting to respond to the typhoon No. 10 organized by the Central Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Control, Mr. Hoang Duc Cuong - Director of the Central Center for Meteorological and Hydrological Forecasting said that the storm When approaching the mainland of Nam Dinh - Quang Binh provinces, it can be strong at level 12-13, wind level is level 15-16.

'With this intensity, this is the first time Vietnam has issued a level 4 warning (red),' Cuong said.

Storm No. 10 is capable of level 12-13, jerking to level 16 when approaching our mainland.(Artwork of Quang Ninh Newspaper).

Explaining this issue, Mr. Tran Quang Nang - Head of the Short-Term Meteorological Forecasting Department (Central Hydrometeorological Forecast Center) said that the reason is that the storm No. 10 was the first storm to be given the level warning of level 4 danger because of compliance with Prime Minister's Decision No. 44 signed on August 15, 2014.

This decision details the level of storms and tropical depressions at different levels based on criteria such as the intensity of natural disasters, the scope of impacts, the ability to cause damage to properties. network, property, infrastructure maintenance.

'On the basis of predicting the level 10 hurricane can reach level 12-13 when approaching the shore, it is really strong and dangerous. According to Decision 44 in 2014, this is the first time that the storm is very strong and reaches level 4 disaster risk level, ' Mr. Nang said.

Mr. Nang added, in Decision No. 44, the level of risk of each type of disaster is divided into 5 levels and is associated with a specific color, according to the increasing level: level 1 blue is risky. small ro; Yellow level 2 is the average risk; Level 3 orange is a big risk; Red level 4 is a huge risk; Level 5 purple is a disaster.

For the level of risk caused by tropical depressions and storms, there are 3 levels. The lowest is level 3 and the highest is level 5.

Scale of disaster risk level.

Level 3 includes the following cases: Tropical depression, typhoon level 8, level 9 operating in the South China Sea (including the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos), coastal waters (including the Gulf of Tonkin, Southern Gulf of Tonkin, waters from Quang Tri to Quang Ngai, waters from Binh Dinh to Ninh Thuan, waters from Binh Thuan to Ca Mau, waters from Ca Mau to Kien Giang), on land in the Northern region, Central and Southern.

Strong storms of level 10 and level 11 operate in the South China Sea (including the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos), coastal areas and land areas in the Northern and Central regions.

Strong storms from level 12 to level 15 operate in the South China Sea (including the Paracel and Spratly Islands).

Level 4 includes the following cases: Strong storms of level 10 and level 11 operating on land in the Southern region; very strong storms from level 12 to level 15 operating in coastal areas, in the North and Central regions; super typhoon from level 16 or higher operates in the South China Sea (including the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos).

Level 5 includes the following cases: Very strong storms from level 12 to level 15 operating on land in the Southern region; super typhoon from level 16 or higher operating in coastal areas and in the North and Central regions.

The level of disaster risk caused by tropical depressions and storms is considered to be determined to increase by one level, to the highest level is level 5, when one of the cases of tropical depressions and storms occurs in the East Sea (including the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos), coastal areas combined with the operation of the northeast monsoon, strong southwest monsoon; Tropical depressions, storms that operate on land where heavy rains, floods, large floods occur or coincide with periods of high tide and sea level rise in coastal areas.

1. Hurricane number 10 reached a wind speed of 150km / h before landing in Nghe An - Quang Tri
2. Storm No. 10 entered Thanh Hoa-Quang Binh, the strongest in many years
3. Tropical depressions intensified into storm No. 10