In Quang Tri Provinceborder guards have coordinated with local authorities to set up barricades and checkpoints to ensure safety in the area.
Heavy rains have poured in many communes in the province’s Dakrong District since Wednesday morning.
Quang Tri and its northern neighbor Quang Binh, home to the world’s largest cave Son Doong, are forecast to be hit on Thursday afternoon by a storm which strengthened from a tropical depression in the East Sea early in the morning.
The storm is set to enter the waters of Quang Binh and Quang Tri between 2-5 p.m., with winds reaching 74 km per hour, before moving into Laos and weakening into a tropical depression by Friday morning.
This storm, yet to be named, is the fourth to develop in the East Sea this year and comes as Vietnam is still recovering from the devastation of typhoon Yagi, which struck northern Vietnam on Sept. 7, claiming at least 298 lives, leaving 35 missing, and causing damage worth around VND50 trillion (US$2 billion).
Between Thursday and Friday, central Vietnam is expected to receive widespread rainfall of 100-300 mm, with some areas exceeding 500 mm. Intense rainfall of over 150 mm within six hours is predicted for regions from Quang Tri to Da Nang on Thursday.
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