This morning, August 23, Hai Phong has widespread thunderstorms.

According to the city's Hydrometeorological Station, this morning, August 28, localities in the Hai Phong area had widespread thunderstorms.

Map of forecast trajectory and intensity of tropical depression at 2:00 a.m. on August 23

The weather forecast for the early morning of August 23 from the City's Hydrometeorological Station said that at 1:00 a.m. on August 23, the center of the tropical depression was at about 17.1 degrees North latitude; 118.2 degrees East longitude, about 730 km east of Hoang Sa special zone. The strongest wind near the center of the tropical depression is level 7 (50 - 61 km/h), gusting to level 9; moving in the West Northwest direction at a speed of about 25 km/h.

It is expected that at 1:00 a.m. on August 24, the tropical depression will move in the West Northwest direction, at a speed of 20 - 25 km/h and strengthen into a storm.

In the North East Sea (including Hoang Sa special zone), there are strong winds of level 6-7, then increasing to level 8, near the storm center level 9-10, gusting to level 12, waves 3.0-5.0 m high, near the storm center 4.0-6.0 m, very rough seas.

Ships operating in the above mentioned dangerous areas are likely to be affected by storms, whirlwinds, strong winds and large waves.

Weather radar image of Hai Phong city at 4am this morning, August 23

In Hai Phong area, through radar monitoring, convective clouds from the sea are tending to move towards Hai Phong mainland. In the next 10 minutes to 3 hours, convective clouds will cause showers and thunderstorms for the communes/wards in the southeast of Hai Phong city including: Cat Hai special zone, Do Son, An Bien, Hai An, Luu Kiem, Thuy Nguyen, Le Chan Hong Bang, Ngo Quyen, Kien An, Phu Lien, An Duong, An Hai, An Lao, Quyet Thang, Kien Thuy, Duong Kinh, Tien Lang, Vinh Bao, Nguyen Binh Khiem...

Then, it continued to spread to the remaining communes/wards including: Viet Khue, Nhi Chieu, An Phu, Lai Khe, Nam Sach, Kim Thanh, Phu Thai, Thanh Ha, Tu Ky, Ninh Giang, Thanh Mien, Hai Duong , Chi Linh, Tran Hung Dao, Cam Giang, Mao Dien...

During thunderstorms, be on guard against tornadoes, lightning and strong gusts of wind that can break trees, damage houses, traffic works and infrastructure, endangering human life.

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