Vietnam makes urgent preparations as Storm Trami nears

The Cua Viet border guard station in Quang Tri Province’s Gio Linh District on Saturday cooperated with local authorities to inform people on how to keep their vessels safe.

The National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting reported that as of 10 p.m. Saturday, Storm Trami was positioned over the northwestern waters of the Paracel Islands, about 212 km from Da Nang, packing winds of up to 117 kph.

It has weakened from 133 kph winds on Saturday afternoon.

In the coming hours, the storm is forecast to move west at around 20 kph and continue to weaken.

By 4 p.m. Sunday, the storm is expected to pack winds of 88 kph, along the coastal waters of the central region. Due to interactions with a cold air mass and a newly formed storm off the coast of the Philippines, Trami will change direction back to sea.

The storm is expected to weaken further to a tropical depression on Tuesday afternoon.

Photo courtesy of the Quang Tri border guards

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