The storm can still reach level 11-13 when it makes landfall, with gusts of level 17.

It is forecasted that around 8-10pm tonight (November 6), the storm will be on land in the area from Quang Ngai to Dak Lak with the strongest wind at level 13, gusting to level 17.

At 11am this morning, the storm maintained a strong intensity of level 15 (167-183 km/h), gusting over level 17 and moving rapidly towards Quy Nhon ( Gia Lai ). Current wind strength shows that storm No. 13, when making landfall, is likely to be stronger than storm Damrey in 2017 and Molave ​​in 2020.

The forecast period for the strongest and most dangerous storm winds is from 8pm on November 6 to 8am on November 7. This wind force can completely sink boats, collapse level 4 houses, uproot large trees and break tempered glass windows.

Due to the influence of storm No. 13, by 10:00 a.m. this morning, Ly Son Island (Quang Ngai) recorded strong winds of level 6, gusts of level 7; in Dung Quat (Quang Ngai) there were strong winds of level 6, gusts of level 8; in Phu Cat (Gia Lai) there were strong winds of level 6, gusts of level 10. It should be noted that the storm's circulation cloud area is wide, so it can cause thunderstorms, whirlwinds and strong gusts of wind on the mainland both before and during the storm's landfall.

At noon on November 6, storm No. 13 approached the sea area from Quang Ngai - Dak Lak with winds of level 15, gusts of level 17. Photo: Vietnam Disaster Monitoring System.

From this afternoon, the sea area from southern Quang Tri to Khanh Hoa (including Ly Son special zone, Cu Lao Cham island) has winds gradually increasing to level 7-8, then increasing to level 9-12, waves 4-7m high. The area near the storm center has strong winds of level 13-15, gusts above level 17, waves 8-10m high; the sea is very rough.

Coastal areas from southern Quang Tri to Dak Lak have storm surges of 0.5-1m. Specifically, the highest sea levels are in Thuan An (1m), Son Tra (1.2m), Hoi An (1.3m), Dung Quat (1.5m), Quy Nhon (1.2m), Tuy Hoa (1.1m).

Rising water levels and large waves cause flooding in low-lying areas, waves overflowing dikes, coastal roads, coastal erosion, and slow flood drainage in the area. All ships, boats, and aquaculture areas in the above-mentioned dangerous areas are strongly affected by storms, whirlwinds, strong winds, large waves, and rising sea levels.

Winds on land will gradually strengthen from this afternoon. The area from the south of Da Nang City to Dak Lak will gradually strengthen to level 6-7, then increase to level 8-9, the area near the storm's eye will be strong at level 10-13 (focusing on the east of Quang Ngai - Gia Lai provinces, the north of Dak Lak province), gusting to level 15-16.

The area from southern Quang Tri to northern Da Nang city and northern Khanh Hoa province has strong winds of level 6-7, gusting to level 8-9.

From the evening of November 6, in the west of the provinces from Quang Ngai to Gia Lai, the wind will gradually increase to level 6-7, near the storm's eye, it will increase to level 8-9, gusting to level 11.

In particular, heavy rain occurred from the evening of November 6 to the end of November 7. The area from Da Nang City to Dak Lak had very heavy rain with common rainfall of 200-400mm/period, locally over 600mm/period.

The area from southern Quang Tri to Hue City, Khanh Hoa and Lam Dong will have heavy rain with common rainfall of 150-300mm/period, locally very heavy rain of over 450mm/period. From November 8, heavy rain in the above areas will tend to decrease.

From November 7-8, the area from northern Quang Tri to Thanh Hoa will have moderate to heavy rain with common rainfall of 50-150mm/period, locally very heavy rain over 200mm/period. Warning of risk of heavy rain (>200mm/3 hours)

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