Storm Vamco downgraded, makes landfall
VOV.VN - Storm Vamco quickly weakened before slamming into the central region of Vietnam on November 15, according to the National Centre of Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
At 06.00am on November 15, Vamco was churning near the coast from Quang Binh to Thua Thien-Hue provinces, packing winds of 60-90kph, much lower than November 14’s 135-165kph.
In the next three hours, Vamco is forecast to make landfall at a speed of 15kph, move further inland and weaken into a tropical depression.
However, Vamco is expected to bring another round of flooding rainfall and tidal surges to the region which has been devastated by a number of subsequent storms and depressions during the past one and a half months, meteorologists warned.
Heavy rain is expected to cause flooding in parts of the central region, particularly in provinces from Nghe An to Quang Tri, with rainfall of 150-200mm or even higher.
Local authorities have evacuated hundreds of thousands of residents from low-lying areas to higher ground before Vamco hit the region.
As the region has been repeatedly inundated by heavy rain since the start of October, flooding and landslides are likely to recur following Vamco’s landfall.
Vamco, the 13th of its kind hitting the East Sea this year, swept across the Philippines on November 11, claiming more than 50 lives (November 14 update).
