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Mr. Nguyen Van Huong, Head of Weather Forecast Department, National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting this afternoon (October 26), said that currently, storm No. 6 (storm Tra Mi) is in the sea northwest of Hoang Sa archipelago, about 370km east-northeast of Da Nang . The storm's intensity is level 11, gusting to level 13-14. The storm has caused strong winds on Ly Son island with an intensity of level 6, gusting above level 6.

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The movement of storm No. 6 on the evening of October 26. Source: NCHMF

According to Mr. Huong, from 4:30 pm this afternoon, storm No. 6 will cause strong winds of level 6-7 in most of the Central coastal areas. Along with the storm's movement closer to shore, the above areas will have winds gradually increasing to level 8-9, near the storm's center level 9-10, gusting to level 11-12.

“We also note that due to the influence of the delay of storm No. 6 , the coastal and mainland provinces of Quang Tri - Quang Ngai have begun to experience showers and thunderstorms. Of particular note, from this afternoon, the Central region will experience widespread heavy rain. Rain in the storm's circulation occurs with high intensity, rainfall in 3 hours can be over 100mm, 6-12 hours can be over 200mm.

Heavy and prolonged rain can cause urban flooding, flash floods and landslides in the Central region," Mr. Huong warned.

At the same time, Mr. Huong commented that from early morning and tomorrow (October 27), the area from Quang Tri to Quang Nam, the coastal wind will be strong at level 6-7, near the storm center at level 8-9, the strongest wind will appear from morning to tomorrow afternoon.

This afternoon's bulletin from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting also forecasts the storm's developments (next 24 to 72 hours):

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From the next 72 to 120 hours, the tropical depression will move mainly to the East at 5-10km per hour, and its intensity will continue to weaken.

Storm No. 6 Tra Mi will enter the Central Central Coast, 6 provinces will have heavy rain from tonight

Storm No. 6 Tra Mi will enter the Central Central Coast, 6 provinces will have heavy rain from tonight

Storm No. 6 (Tra Mi) is about to reach its maximum intensity of level 15, about 500km from Da Nang. The storm center is forecast to be in the sea off the Central Central Coast on the morning of October 27. From this evening, the Quang Binh - Quang Ngai area will have heavy rain.
4 airports temporarily closed to avoid storm No. 6 Tra Mi from October 27

4 airports temporarily closed to avoid storm No. 6 Tra Mi from October 27

To prevent storm No. 6 Tra Mi, from October 27, 4 airports: Da Nang, Phu Bai, Dong Hoi, Chu Lai temporarily stopped receiving and operating aircraft.
Why does storm number 6 have a 'strange' direction?

Why does storm number 6 have a 'strange' direction?

In the next 24 hours, storm No. 6 (Tra Mi) is likely to reach maximum intensity of level 12, gusting to level 15. In the Hoang Sa archipelago, the storm is affected by cold air and a new storm, so its direction of movement is very "strange".