Vietnam typhoon update hanoi

According to the National Center for Meteorological and Hydrological Forecasting, the wind speed near the center of the storm will go up to 75 km per hour, a level around on the Beaufort Scale. Within the next 24 hours, the typhoon will head Southwest and weaken to a speed of 10 km per hour. Today and tomorrow, South-central Vietnam will experience heavy rainfall. Due to this, more than 12 flights due to land in Quy Nhon and Chu Lai were canceled as of this morning.

Passengers on those flights will be assisted to transfer to another flight and encouraged to stay up-to-date with weather forecasts to make suitable travel plans.

Goni is the tenth typhoon to form in the East Sea this year. During October alone, the Central region suffered four storms and a tropical depression. The typhoon season in Vietnam runs from approximately June 1 through the end of November, while the tropical cyclone season typically runs from November 1 to April If you are a U. During the approach of a typhoon you should monitor the U.

You should have an emergency plan in place before the approach of a storm. These numbers are available from a. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday except U. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and download our free Smart Traveler iPhone App to have travel information at your fingertips. For U. By vnmission 30 October, Topics: Messages for U. Also among the dead were 12 fishermen whose boats sank Wednesday as Typhoon Molave approached with winds of up to kilometers 93 miles per hour.

Another 14 fisherman were still missing. Officials said the death toll across the country may rise as some regions have been unable to report details of damage and casualties. Rescuers dug up eight bodies Thursday morning in Tra Van village in Quang Nam province where a hillside collapsed on houses. The victims had taken shelter in the community as the typhoon approached, the official Vietnam News Agency reported. In Tra Leng village, about 45 kilometers 28 miles from Tra Van, another landslide buried a community with several houses occupied by about 45 people.

Four people escaped, while rescuers recovered eight bodies and later pulled out four villagers alive, including two children, who were trapped in a buried house, Vietnam News said.