Super typhoon Ragasa enters the East Sea, Hai Phong has very rough seas

According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting at 4:00 a.m. this morning, September 23, super typhoon Ragasa was located at about 19.8 degrees North latitude, 118.8 degrees East longitude, in the northeastern sea area of the North East Sea.

The storm is moving in the West Northwest direction at a speed of about 20 km/h, with winds near the center reaching level 17 (equivalent to 202 - 221 km/h), gusting above level 17.

Forecast at 4:00 a.m. on September 24, the Storm is about 450 km east of Leizhou Peninsula (China), still maintaining wind speed of level 16 - 17, gusting above level 17.

At 4:00 a.m. on September 25, the storm center was located on the mainland south of Guangzhou province (China), weakening to level 12, gusting to level 15.

At 4:00 a.m. on September 26, the storm continued to move west-southwest, weakening into a tropical depression, with winds of level 6, gusts of level 8, in the northern region of Vietnam.

The storm's impact on the northern waters of the East Sea is strong winds of level 8 - 9, then increasing to level 10 - 14 and near the storm's center up to level 15 - 17, gusting above level 17. Waves over 10 m high, rough seas.

Marine weather forecast :
The northern sea area of the North East Sea has strong winds of level 8-9,
then increase to level 10-14, the area near the center of the super storm passes level 15-17, gusts above level 17, waves over 10.0m high; rough seas.

From September 24, the eastern sea of Bac Bo Gulf (including Bach Long Vy island district) will have winds gradually increasing to level 6-7, gusting to level 9. From the evening and night of September 24, the Bac Bo Gulf area (including Bach Long Vy special zone, Van Don, Co To, Cat Hai and Hon Dau island) will have winds gradually increasing to level 8-9, waves 2.0-4.0m high, the area near the storm center will have winds of level 10-12, gusting to level 14, waves 4.0-6.0m high; the sea will be very rough.

The coastal areas of Quang Ninh- Hai Phong provinces have storm surges of 0.5-1.0m high. There is a high risk of landslides on sea dykes and embankments, destruction of aquaculture areas, ships and boats anchored along the coast due to strong winds, rising sea levels and big waves.

Land forecast:

From early morning of September 25, coastal areas from Quang Ninh to Thanh Hoa
The wind gradually increased to level 6-7, then increased to level 8, in the vicinity.
Storm center level 9-10, gust level 12; deep inland areas
Northeast region has strong winds level 6-7, gusts level 8-9.

From the night of September 24 to September 26, in the Northern region, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An, there will be heavy to very heavy rain with common rainfall of 100-250mm, locally over 400mm. Beware of heavy rain causing urban flooding.

Heavy rain is likely to cause flooding in low-lying areas,
low; flash floods on rivers, small streams, landslides on steep slopes.

Source: https://baohaiphong.vn/sieu-bao-ragasa-vao-bien-dong-hai-phong-bien-dong-du-doi-521528.html