According to the National Centre for Hydrometeorology Forecasting, at around 4 am this morning, November 2, the storm was at roughly 820 km from the southeast of the Hoang Sa (Paracel) Archipelago, with the strongest wind power near its year of between 75-90 kilometre per hour.

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Despite having the lower wind speed against the level predicted earlier, the typhoon would still lead to adverse downpours for the central region of Vietnam, particularly localities from Danang City to Quang Ngai Province, on November 4-5.

In the next 24 hours, the storm would move west-northwest at the speed of 15-20 kilometre per hour. At 4 on Tuesday morning, it would be 340 kilometres from the Southeast of Paracel Archipelago at the wind power of 60-90 kilometres per hour.

Over the 48 to 72 hours to come, it is forecasted to travel west at a speed of about 10 kilometres per hour to make landfall in localities from Danang City to Phu Yen Province and then weaken into a tropical depression, which will move in the southwest direction at the same speed. Dtinews

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Relief aid delivered to storm-hit residents in central provinces

Storm Molave left 50 people dead and four missing in Quang Tri province. Total damage caused by the storm was calculated at more than 2 trillion VND (86.32 million USD).