Fake news appeared that storm No. 4 had entered the Central provinces, the Meteorological Center had to issue an urgent warning.

On its fanpage, the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting has just issued a warning to people about fake news about tropical depression/ storm No. 4 .

Specifically, the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said that this afternoon and evening, September 18, the provinces of Quang Tri - Quang Ngai will have a temporary reduction in rain.

Meteorological experts confirmed that this is not a phenomenon of reduced rain when the storm center passes as recently mentioned, because the center of the tropical depression/storm No. 4 is still far outside the Hoang Sa archipelago, tomorrow morning it will approach the shore and cause heavy rain and strong winds again from midnight to tomorrow morning (September 19), especially in the provinces from Quang Nam to Nghe An .

The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting recommends that people not subjectively think the storm has passed and lose vigilance.

In addition, the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said that currently on social networking platforms, there are too many "self-proclaimed and virtual storm experts" who are "slashing" that the tropical depression/storm has entered the Central region, so the Center warns people to be extremely alert and grasp official information.

The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting has identified the location of tropical depression/storm No. 4 at 4:00 p.m. on September 18 and the cause of heavy rain in the central provinces since last night. Photo: nchmf.

Currently, the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting is the agency that issues and broadcasts bulletins on forecasts and warnings of hydro-meteorological disasters and disaster risk levels nationwide according to regulations.

"Citizens should only follow the website of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting or other official websites that cite sources from the Center. Sources that are not directly issued by the Center are all unverified news," the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting affirmed.

According to the quick bulletin on tropical depression of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, the center of the tropical depression at 4:00 p.m. on September 18 was at about 16.8 degrees North latitude; 112.2 East longitude, about 430km from Da Nang city. Strongest wind: Level 7 (50-61km/h), gust level 9.

It is forecasted that in the next 3 hours, the tropical depression will move west at a speed of about 15km/h.

It is known that due to the impact of the tropical convergence zone, today (September 18), in the area from Quang Tri to Quang Ngai there will be heavy to very heavy rain; in the area from Nghe An to Quang Binh, the South Central Coast, the Southern Central Highlands and the South there will be rain, moderate rain and scattered thunderstorms, locally heavy to very heavy rain in some places. The rainfall from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on September 18 was over 150mm in some places such as: Da Nang City 229mm, Bach Ma (Thua Thien Hue) 204mm, Phuoc Chanh (Quang Nam) 190.8mm, ...

It is forecasted that from the evening of September 18 to the evening of September 20, the area from Ha Tinh to Quang Nam will have heavy to very heavy rain and scattered thunderstorms with common rainfall of 100-300mm, in some places over 500mm.

From the evening of September 18 to the evening of September 20, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, and Quang Ngai will have moderate to heavy rain and scattered thunderstorms, with some places experiencing very heavy rain with common rainfall of 80-170mm and some places experiencing over 300mm.

From the evening of September 18 to the evening of September 19, the Central Highlands and the South will have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms, locally very heavy rain with common rainfall of 30-60mm, locally over 100mm (rain concentrated in the afternoon and night).

Source: https://danviet.vn/hot-xuat-hien-tin-gia-bao-so-4-da-vao-cac-tinh-mien-trung-trung-tam-khi-tuong-phai-canh-bao-khan-20240918165958402.htm