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Tropical storm Chaba, the first storm to affect Vietnam this year, is gathering strength, with wind speeds near its centre reaching 89-102 kilometres per hour. According to the national weather service, the system was located at 400 kilometres east-southeast of China’s Hainan Island at 7am on July 1. Chaba is forecast to travel in a northwest direction for the next 24 hours at a speed of 15 kilometres per hour and is likely to strengthen further, packing winds of 103-117 kilometres per hour. At 7am on July 2, the tropical storm will be located about 370 kilometres east-southeast of Quang Ninh Province, before continuing northwest and to make landfall in the southeast of China’s Guangxi Province the following day. Strong winds and high waves are expected in the northern waters of the East Sea/South China Sea, including the Hoang Sa (Paracel) Islands, while coastal provinces from Quang Ninh to Ninh Binh face the risk of storm surges inundating low-lying areas. Chaba is … [Read more...] about Tropical storm Chaba picks up strength as it moves northwest

Chaba, the first tropical storm to hit the East Sea this year, is predicted to gain more strength and cause torrential rain in the northern region between Saturday and Thursday. Localities in affected areas are urgently preparing for the adverse weather conditions. The National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting warned that heavy rain will hit the northeast region with rainfall from 40-90mm on Friday night. Rainfall is predicted to be 100-200mm in the northern region and up to 150-300mm in the northeast region on Sunday and Monday. The heavy rain will last until Thursday, the centre said. Data from the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting shows that by 10am on Saturday, the eye of the typhoon will be on the east coast of China’s Leizhou Peninsula, about 310km south-southeast of Quảng Ninh Province. The strongest winds near the eye of the storm are forecast up to 133km per hour. The typhoon is moving northwest at 15km per hour, the centre said. Due … [Read more...] about Storm Chaba predicted to cause torrential rain in the north until next Thursday