VietNamNet Bridge – After Haitang typhoon weakened into a tropical depression by the morning of September 27, typhoon Nesat entered northern East Sea at noon.
It is forecasted that the typhoon’s eye will be around 500km to the east of Hoang Sa Archipelago by the morning of September 28, with strongest wind of level 13.

Le Thanh Hai, deputy director of the National Hydro-meteorological Forecast Centre, said that since the storm appeared, it has changed direction very often. Two days ago, international forecasters said that the typhoon would move towards Hong Kong to China’s Leizhou peninsular. However, according to the latest forecast, Nesat will land China’s Hainan island.

If the typhoon hit Hainan island, it will directly affect Tonkin gulf, with strongest wind of level 6, Hai said.

He added that a strong cold air is moving to north Vietnam. It will affect the northern region by September 30. If the cold air combines with typhoon Nesat, Hanoi and northern provinces will suffer from downpours, which may cause flood.

Hai said that rain will stop in the northern and central regions by September 28. The weather will be stable for two days before typhoon Nesat and the cold air come.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Dao Xuan Hoc said that cold air combining with typhoon may cause extreme rain.

The National Steering Board for Flood and Storm Control has asked provinces in the dangerous region to ban fishing boats from going out to the sea in the next several days and call for others to return to the mainland or seek shelfter.

PV