Storm No. 5 has reached the shore

Storm No. 5 has made landfall. Updated at 2:00 p.m. on August 25.

Updated at 2:00 p.m. on August 25, the eye of storm No. 5 has reached the mainland of the North Central region. The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said that the strongest wind near the eye of the storm when it makes landfall is still at level 13, about 134-149 km/h, gusting to level 16.

According to SGGP Newspaper's reporter, from 11am to 2pm this afternoon, Hanoi and many places in the North had torrential rain, without stopping.

Due to the impact of storm No. 5, many coastal areas and the Northern Delta and North Central Coast have strong winds, heavy rain and high water.

At Bach Long Vi meteorological station ( Hai Phong city ), strong winds of level 7, gusts of level 9; Co To (Quang Ninh province) winds of level 7, gusts of level 10; Bai Chay (Quang Ninh province) winds of level 6, gusts of level 8; Van Ly (Ninh Binh province) winds of level 8, gusts of level 9. Nghe An province has strong winds of level 7, gusts of level 9 in Dien Chau; level 7, gusts of level 12 in Quynh Luu; level 8, gusts of level 11 in Hon Ngu.

Ha Tinh also had wind level 7, gusting to level 9 in Hoanh Son; level 7, gusting to level 11 in Ky Anh; wind level 8 in Cam Nhuong. On Con Co island (Quang Tri province), strong wind level 6, gusting to level 8.

Speaking to the press at noon on August 25, Mr. Mai Van Khiem, Director of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, warned that after storm No. 5 made landfall, very heavy rain would cover the entire North and Central regions due to the large cloud disk brought inland by storm No. 5.

Large cloud disks hovering over the North Central region, afternoon of August 25. Satellite image

The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting reported that heavy rains continued to cover many areas from the afternoon of August 25 to the end of August 26. The Northern Midlands and Delta, Lao Cai, Son La and provinces from Thanh Hoa to Quang Tri will have widespread rain with rainfall ranging from 70-150mm, many places over 250mm.

Particularly, the area from Thanh Hoa to Northern Quang Tri is forecast to have very heavy rain, total rainfall of 150-350mm, some places exceeding 500mm, with warnings of heavy rain over 200mm in 3 hours. In Hanoi on August 25 and 26, there will be moderate rain, heavy rain with thunderstorms; Da Nang will have occasional showers; Ho Chi Minh City will have rain and thunderstorms concentrated in the evening, with the potential risk of tornadoes and strong gusts of wind.

From the afternoon of August 25 to 27, the Upper Laos and Central Laos regions will have heavy rain with rainfall of 100-250mm, locally in Central Laos over 500mm, with a high risk of flash floods and inundation.

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