Storm Talim increases by more than one level

On the morning of July 16, after nearly a day of strengthening into a storm, Talim had winds of 102 km/h, level 9-10, gusts of level 13, and was likely to strengthen further.

The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said that at 7am, the eye of the storm was 670km east-southeast of the Leizhou Peninsula (China). Today, the storm is moving northwest at a speed of 10-15km/h.

At 7am tomorrow, the storm center will be in the northern sea area of the North East Sea, about 340km east-southeast of Leizhou, with the strongest wind at level 11, gusting to level 14.

In the following hours, the storm moved west-northwest at a speed of 15 km/h. At 7:00 a.m. on July 18, the storm center was in the Leizhou area, with the strongest wind at level 12, gusting to level 15.

The storm then maintained its direction and gradually weakened. At 7am on July 19, the storm center was in the Northeast region, with the strongest winds at level 6-7, gusting to level 9.

The Japan Meteorological Agency maintains the same assessment as yesterday that the storm is currently at 126 km/h, and will decrease to 90 km/h when it passes through Leizhou and Hainan Island (China) when it approaches the Vietnamese mainland.

Hong Kong Radio forecasts that the storm will still be strong at 140 km/h when entering the Gulf of Tonkin, directly affecting the coastal provinces of Quang Ninh, Hai Phong and the Northern Delta region.

Forecasted path and affected area of storm Talim, 7am on July 16. Photo: NCHMF — Forecasted path and affected area of storm Talim, 7am on July 16. Photo: *NCHMF*

In the next 24 hours, the sea area north of the North East Sea will have strong winds of level 7, the area near the storm center will have strong winds of level 9-10, then increase to level 11, gusting to level 14. The sea area north of the North East Sea will have waves 5-7 m high.

The National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control requires provinces and cities from Quang Ninh to Thanh Hoa to manage vehicles and boats going out to sea; depending on the actual developments of the storm in the locality, proactively ban the sea, including transport ships and tourist boats.

Delta provinces are required to proactively evacuate people in low-lying areas at high risk of flooding due to heavy rain and rising sea levels; and to prune tree branches, brace and reinforce houses, signs, public works, industrial parks, factories, warehouses, high-tower structures and power grid systems.

The northern mountainous region needs to evacuate people in areas at high risk of flash floods and landslides; prepare forces, vehicles, equipment and necessities according to the "four on-the-spot" motto to be ready to respond to all situations.

Since the beginning of the year, there have been no storms in the East Sea. The meteorological agency said that from July 11 to August 10, the tropical convergence zone will tend to become more active and stronger, leading to bad weather such as thunderstorms, tornadoes, and big waves; it is forecast that there will be 2-3 tropical depressions and storms in the East Sea.

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