Storm No. 5 Kajiki forms in the East Sea, intensity may reach level 12

Storm No. 5 Kajiki has formed in the East Sea, moving quickly, possibly reaching maximum level 12, the North and Thanh Hoa - Hue will soon have heavy rain and strong winds.

The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said that this morning, August 23, the tropical depression has strengthened into storm No. 5 (international name Kajiki) after less than 12 hours entering the East Sea. The storm is moving rapidly at a speed of 20-25km/h, with a maximum intensity of level 12, gusting to level 15.

Forecast of path and affected area of ​​storm No. 5.

From the night of August 24, areas in the mainland of the North, Thanh Hoa - Hue began to have heavy rain and strong winds.

At 7:00 a.m., the center of storm No. 5 was about 480 km east-northeast of Hoang Sa. The strongest wind near the center of the storm was level 8 (62-74 km/h), gusting to level 10, moving west-northwest at a speed of about 25 km/h.

It is forecasted that in the next 24 hours, storm No. 5 will be in the sea northwest of Hoang Sa special zone, continuing to move rapidly in the West-Northwest direction, traveling 20-25km per hour and continuing to strengthen. The strongest wind near the storm center is level 10-11, gusting to level 14.

At around 7am on August 25, storm No. 5 Kajiki arrived in the sea area from Thanh Hoa to Hue, moving in a West-Northwest direction at a speed of about 20km/h. The strongest wind near the storm center was at level 11-12, gusting to level 15. Current forecasts show that this is the maximum level of this storm. The disaster risk level is level 3 in the west of the North East Sea (including Hoang Sa special zone), Bac Bo Gulf, and South Quang Tri - Hue.

At 7:00 a.m. on August 26, storm No. 5 will make landfall in Central Laos, moving slowly in the West-Northwest direction at a speed of about 15 km/h and gradually weakening into a tropical depression with winds near the storm center at level 6, gusting to level 8.

Due to the impact of storm No. 5, the North East Sea area (including Hoang Sa special zone) has strong winds of level 8-9, the area near the storm's center has winds of level 10-11, gusts of level 14, waves 4-6m high, and rough seas.

From the afternoon of August 24, the sea area from Thanh Hoa to Hue (including Con Co and Hon Ngu special zones) will gradually increase in wind speed to level 6-8, then increase to level 9-10, near the storm center, level 11-12, gusting to level 15, waves 4-6m high, near the center 6-8m, rough seas.

From the night of August 24, the sea in the northern Gulf of Tonkin (including Bach Long Vi special zone) will gradually increase in wind to level 6-7, gusting to level 9, with waves 2-3m high and rough seas.

The coastal area of ​​Thanh Hoa - Quang Tri has a storm surge of 0.5-1m. The water level in Sam Son (Thanh Hoa) is 3.2-3.6m, in Hon Ngu (Nghe An) is 3.3-3.7m, in Vung Ang (Ha Tinh) is 3.1-3.4m, in Cua Gianh (Quang Tri) is 1.7-2m.

"The weather at sea and in coastal areas during the storm is extremely dangerous and unsafe for any vehicles or structures operating in dangerous areas such as cruise ships, passenger ships, transport ships, cages, rafts, aquaculture areas, dykes, embankments, and coastal routes. Vehicles are at high risk of capsizing, being destroyed, or being flooded due to strong winds, big waves, and rising sea levels," the meteorological agency warned.

On land, from the night of August 24, the area from Thanh Hoa to Quang Tri will have winds gradually increasing to level 7-9, near the storm center level 10-12, gusting to level 14.

From the night of August 24 to the end of August 26, the Northern Delta and Thanh Hoa - Hue are likely to experience widespread heavy rain with common rainfall of 100-150mm, some places over 250mm. Particularly, Thanh Hoa to Quang Tri will have heavy to very heavy rain, rainfall ranging from 150-300mm, some places over 600mm. There is a risk of heavy rain with rainfall exceeding 200mm in just 3 hours, posing many potential risks of natural disasters such as flash floods, landslides, and flooding.

From August 25-26, Hanoi and Da Nang will have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms; Ho Chi Minh City will have rain, showers and thunderstorms in the late afternoon and evening.

During thunderstorms, be aware of the risk of tornadoes and strong gusts of wind.

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