Big waves, strong winds in the East Sea: Warning of dangerous weather in many places

On the afternoon of September 14, the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting issued a series of dangerous weather warnings in many areas across the country. Notably, the tropical convergence zone with an axis at about 16-19 degrees north latitude combined with strong southwest monsoon is causing showers and thunderstorms in the central and southern East Sea (including the waters of the Truong Sa archipelago), the waters from Quang Tri to Ca Mau, Ca Mau to Kien Giang and the Gulf of Thailand.

The tropical convergence zone is active and is likely to form a low pressure area soon.

During thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes and strong gusts of wind of level 7-8. Beware of wave heights that can sometimes increase to over 2m. Currently, the tide level in the western coastal area of ​​the South is high. Beware of abnormal water levels that can cause sea dike erosion.

Forecast for the day and night of September 15, the sea area from Ninh Thuan to Ca Mau, the sea area south of the central and southern East Sea will continue to have strong southwest winds of level 6, especially in the southern East Sea, the wind will sometimes be level 7, gusting to level 8 - 9, with rough seas; waves from 2 - 4m high. The risk level of natural disasters due to high waves and strong winds is at level 2.

The convergence zone also caused heavy rain in many areas, with rainfall from 7:00 p.m. on September 13 to 3:00 p.m. on September 14 in some places exceeding 100mm, such as: Thanh My (Nghe An) 176.6mm, Cat Minh (Binh Dinh) 117.4mm, Sa Binh (Kon Tum) 117.8mm, Yaly (Gia Lai) 101.2mm... From the evening of September 14 to the evening of September 16, in the Central Highlands and the South, there was moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms, locally very heavy rain with common rainfall of 40 - 80 mm, locally over 120mm, rain concentrated in the afternoon and at night.

In the South, the water level on the Dong Nai River is rising, at 7:00 a.m. on September 14 at Ta Lai (Dong Nai) it was 112.29m, 0.29m above alert level 1. Warning in the next 24-48 hours, the water level on the Dong Nai River at Ta Lai will continue to fluctuate above alert level 1. It is necessary to be on guard against the possibility of heavy rain combined with floods causing inundation and landslides on river banks and streams in low-lying areas in districts such as Tan Phu, Dinh Quan of Dong Nai province and neighboring localities.

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