Tropical cyclone Maysak enters
Super
Typhoon Maysak is on track to enter the
The centre said the eye of storm on
April 3 was about 1,000km east of Luzon, the largest island in the
The National Steering Committee for
Flood and Storm Prevention has issued an alert for millions along the
coastline from Quang Ninh to Quang Ngai to prepare for the storm.
Fishermen have been advised not to
venture out to sea and to monitor the storms development closely.
Coastal localities
asked to brace for approaching typhoon
Coastal localities from northern
Quang Ninh to central Quang Ngai provinces have been requested to promptly
brace for typhoon Maysak, forecast to enter the
At 7 a.m of April 3, Maysak was
spotted at 13.9 degrees north and 131.1 degrees east, about 1,000 km to the
east-southeast of the Philippines’ Luzon Island, reported the National Centre
for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
With winds reportedly packed to
134-149km per hour, the typhoon is forecast to move west-northwest at a speed
of 20km per hour in the next 24 hours.
By 7 a.m of April 4, the storm is
likely to be seen in the east-southeastern area about 500km off
In the next 48-72 hours, Maysak will
continue the west-northwestern course at 15-20km per hour and possibly enter
the
Once hitting the
The standing office for the Central
Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control asked the
above-mentioned localities and the Ministries of Agriculture and Rural
Development, Defence, Transport, and Foreign Affairs to closely follow Maysak’s
movement and notify boats currently operating at sea about the typhoon.
The localities and concerned agencies
were also told to gear up search and rescue forces and vehicles in
anticipation of emergency cases.
Nine or ten storms and tropical
depressions will occur in the East Sea this year, four or five of these will
directly hit the Vietnamese mainland, according to the forecasting centre.-
VOV/VNA
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Thứ Sáu, 3 tháng 4, 2015
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