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Storm Conson heads to central Vietnam
  • | dtinews.vn | September 11, 2021 10:22 AM
Storm Conson is heading to the central provinces of Quang Tri and Quang Nam on September 11.

  

Storm Conson heads to central Vietnam


According to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, as of 4 am on September 11, the eye of the storm was 230km away from Quang Tri-Quang Nam beaches. The wind speed was 90-100km/h. In the following 24 hours, the storm will move to the west at the speed of 5km/h. On September 12, the eye of the storm will enter Vietnam at latitude 15.8N, longitude 109.4E. The wind speed will be 75-90km/h.

The storm will continue to move to the west in the following 24-48 hours at the speed of 5-10km/h. After landing in central Vietnam on September 13, it will weaken into a tropical depression. The wind speed at this time will be 40-50km/h.

It will start moving west-northwest in the following 48-72 hours at 10km/h and keep weakening into a low-pressure area. On September 14, it will be at latitude 16.8N, longitude 105.5E and with a wind speed under 40km/h.

Strong winds, high waves of 4-7 metres and tornados were warned for all ships and boats on the East Sea, especially near the Paracel Islands, Ly Son and Con Co islands.

From now to September 13, provinces from Quang Tri to Quang Ngai will have heavy rains with an average of 200-300mm rainfall. Rainfall in some places will be over 350mm. Provinces from Quang Binh to Thanh Hoa will have heavy rains from September 12-14. The average rainfall will be around 100-200mm. Quang Binh and Ha Tinh will have over 250mm of rainfall.

Binh Dinh, Kon Tum and Gia Lai will have rain from now to September 12. The average rainfall will be around 50-80mm.

Strong winds and high waves were forecasted for ships and boats working from Binh Thuan to Ca Mau provinces due to the southwest monsoon on the East Sea.

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