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Local authorities have been ordered to instruct fishing boats and other vessels in the East Sea to take shelter as Nakri, the sixth storm to strike Vietnam this year, is strengthening. Fishing boats take shelter from Storm No.6 in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue. The storm is intensifying in the East Sea The storm was hovering some 290 kilometers northeast of Song Tu Tay Island of the country's Truong Sa Archipelago as of 7 a.m. today, November 8, with a maximum sustained wind speed of 115 kilometers per hour, gusting at level 14, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. It is forecast to drift west-southwest at 5-10 kilometers per hour and will possibly grow more intense in the next 24 hours. By 7 a.m. on November 9, its center may be located 140 kilometers north of the island, packing strong winds at 135 kilometers per hour, gusting at level 15. It may continue on a slow west-northwest drift in the next 48-72 hours before making landfall … [Read more...] about Storm Nakri rages in East Sea

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has urged the Ministry of Transport to send rescue ships to the southern central province of Binh Dinh to help the locality in advance of approaching Storm Nakri. Deputy PM Trinh Dinh Dung, head of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, chaired an online meeting on responses to Storm Nakri. Deputy PM Trinh Dinh dung at the online meeting At the event, Mai Van Khiem, director of the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting, said that the typhoon would directly affect the provinces from Quang Ngai to Khanh Hoa on November 10-11, bringing strong winds. The storm would also result in heavy rains for many localities from Danang City to the Central Highlands region. The provinces of Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa, Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Nam and Ninh Thuan and the Central Highlands have been warned of facing high floods. By 4 pm on Thursday, around 47,330 fishing boats and ships were … [Read more...] about Deputy PM urges preparations for Storm Nakri

Movement of the storm (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Localities in the south central coast are bracing against powerful Storm Nakri, the sixth typhoon from the East Sea this year, which is forecast to gain further strength while heading towards the region over the next few days. Khanh Hoa, Phu Yen and Binh Dinh provinces will close schools on November 11 and 12, and ban ships from going to sea as from late November 9 or November 10. At an online meeting on November 8 morning, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung required the Ministry of Transport to send two rescue ships to Quy Nhon city to assist Binh Dinh province in search and rescue work. national weather service, Nakri is likely to change its direction, moving slowly to the west and getting stronger. At 7 am on Nov 8, the storm was located about 290 km northeast of Song Tu Tay Island (in Vietnam’s Spratly archipelago), with strongest winds blowing at up to 100-115 km/hour. In the next 24 hours, the typhoon will move west … [Read more...] about South central localities brace for Storm Nakri

As of 4 a.m. Saturday, the center of Nakri, the sixth storm to hit Vietnamese waters this year, was around 160 kilometers (180 miles) northeast of the Southwest Cay islet in Vietnam's Spratly Islands, with a maximum wind speed of 115 kilometers per hour, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. Over the next 24 hours, the storm, projected to become the strongest East Sea storm of the year with wind speeds reaching 11 on the Beaufort scale, will move in a southwesterly direction at 10 kilometers a hour, gaining strength by Sunday morning. By 4 a.m. Sunday, Nakri wind speeds could reach level 12 on the Beaufort scale at 135 km per hour. Weather experts have forecast the storm to make landfall in the areas from Binh Dinh to Ninh Thuan Provinces but affect a larget area, from Quang Ngai to Khanh Hoa. The area is home to popular resort towns Hoi An, Hue, Nha Trang, Mui Ne, and major airports Da Nang and Cam Ranh. It will then weaken into a tropical storm over … [Read more...] about Storm Nakri to make landfall in Vietnam Sunday night

People in the southern central province of Binh Dinh are actively preparing for the approaching Storm Nakri which has been forecasted to directly hit the central region of Vietnam. Storm Matmo recently damaged many houses in Nhon Hai Commune in Quy Nhon City. Local people are making better preparations for Storm Nakri in response. They have carried rocks to consolidate a dyke section harmed by Storm Matmo. People in Binh Dinh preparing for the storm Nguyen Van Dong, 56, from Hai Nam Village said that he used sandbags to protect his house from the typhoon. According to Nguyen Thi Minh, party secretary of Nhon Hai Commune, around 250 households are living near the dyke and 140 among those to be excavated today. Local authorities have called on people to take preventive measures. Some 1,300 coastal households will be urgently moved to safer places. Chairman of the provincial people’s committee Ho Quoc Dung has instructed localities to prioritise typhoon response activities. … [Read more...] about Binh Dinh people making preparations for Storm Nakri