Typhoon Toraji forecast to enter East Sea
VOV.VN - Typhoon Toraji is active in the eastern waters of the Philippines’ Luzon Island and is forecast to enter the East Sea on November 12, packing winds of category 9 gusting to category 11, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
On the afternoon of November 10, the center of storm Toraji was at about 15.2 degrees north latitude; 125.5 degrees east longitude, in the northeastern waters of Luzon Island of the Philippines. The strongest wind power near the storm's centre was at between 103 and 117 km per hour, gusting to category 13.
In the next 24 hours, the storm will move west-northwest at a speed of 15 - 20 km per hour. In the following hours, Toraji is forecast to enter the East Sea, becoming the eight storm of this year’s stormy season in this region.
After entering the East Sea, the typhoon will encounter cold air and cold sea surface temperatures, thus making it possible to gradually weaken.
To proactively respond to the storm, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on November 10 sent a telegram requesting ministries, sectors, and chairs of People's Committees of coastal provinces and cities from Quang Ninh to Binh Thuan to keep a close watch on the storm's developments; manage means of transport going out to sea; notify owners of means of transport and captains of ships and boats operating at sea of the location, direction of movement and developments of the storm to enable them to proactively avoid, escape or not to move into dangerous areas.
The telegram also requests localities to stay ready with forces and means for rescue when required. Ministries and sectors, according to their functions, state management tasks and assigned tasks, proactively direct and coordinate with localities to respond to the storm's developments.
They were also asked to be on duty seriously round the clock in a bid to regularly report to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on the typhoon's developments.
