More than 1 day left to prepare for storm number 13

On the morning of November 5, storm Kalmaegi entered the East Sea, becoming storm number 13 in 2025. It is forecasted that around the night of November 6, the storm will approach the area from Da Nang to Khanh Hoa.

At 7:00 a.m. on November 5, storm No. 13 was about 500 km east of Song Tu Tay Island, with the strongest wind at level 13 (134-149 km/h), gusting to level 16. It is forecasted that in the next 3 hours, the storm will move west-northwest at a speed of about 20-25 km/h and continue to strengthen, possibly reaching level 14, gusting to level 17 or higher.

The storm's location at 7am this morning (November 5) was about 500km from Song Tu Tay Island (Truong Sa special zone). Photo: NCHMF .

At around 4am on November 7, the storm was on land in the area from Quang Ngai to Dak Lak but still maintained strong winds of level 9-10, gusting to level 12. However, due to the influence of the wide storm circulation, the hydrometeorological agency warned of the risk of thunderstorms, tornadoes and strong gusts of wind both before and during the storm's landfall.

Forecast for today, November 5, the central East Sea area (including the sea area north of Truong Sa special zone) will have strong winds of level 8-11. The area near the storm's eye will have strong winds of level 12-14, gusts of level 17, waves 5-7m high, the area near the storm's eye will have waves of 8-10m high; the sea will be very rough.

From early morning on November 6, the sea area from Da Nang City to Khanh Hoa (including Ly Son special zone) gradually increased to level 6-7, then increased to level 8-11, near the eye of the storm passed through level 12-14, gusting to level 17. The coastal area from Hue City to Dak Lak had waves 4-6m high, near the eye of the storm 6-8m high; the sea was very rough.

The coastal areas from Hue City to Dak Lak are forecasted to have storm surges of 0.3-0.6m. From the evening of November 6, rising sea levels accompanied by large waves caused flooding in low-lying areas, waves overflowing dikes, coastal roads, coastal erosion, slowing down 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.

On land, from the evening of November 6, the coastal mainland from southern Quang Tri to Da Nang City, the eastern part of the provinces from Quang Ngai to Dak Lak will have winds gradually increasing to level 6-7, then increasing to level 8-9. The area near the storm's center will have strong winds of level 10-12 (focusing on the eastern part of Quang Ngai - Dak Lak provinces), gusting to level 14-15.

From the evening and night of November 6, the western provinces from Quang Ngai to Dak Lak will have winds gradually increasing to level 6-7, the area near the storm's eye will have winds of level 8, gusting to level 10.

Forecast of movement and intensity of storm No. 13. Photo: NCHMF .

Heavy rains started from November 6-7, 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 rain will move north, causing rain from northern Quang Tri to Thanh Hoa. Rainfall is generally 50-150mm/period, locally there will be very heavy rain over 200mm/period.

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