Storm Toraji enters Vietnam's waters

The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting reported that as of 4:00 a.m., the storm was positioned over the eastern waters of the northern East Sea, with maximum winds of 102 kph, moving northwest at 10-15 kph.

By 4:00 a.m. Wednesday, the storm is expected to maintain its course, traveling at 15 kph while remaining over the eastern waters of the northern East Sea with sustained wind speeds, gusting up to 118-133 kph.

In the following 24 hours, the storm is forecast to shift slightly west-northwest at a speed of 10-15 kph, weakening to 74-88 kph as it progresses across the northern East Sea.

The Japan Meteorological Agency indicates that Toraji will sustain winds of 83 kph as it nears China’s Hainan Island. The Hong Kong Observatory predicts a similar path, expecting maximum winds of 110 kph by Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Yinxing, the seventh storm in the East Sea, weakened to a tropical depression over the western waters of the Paracel Islands Monday night and is forecast to dissipate into a low-pressure area over Quang Ngai and Phu Yen provinces in central Vietnam.

Yinxing and Toraji developed consecutively along the active tropical convergence zone in the Northwest Pacific. This zone is characterized by the successive formation and interaction of tropical cyclones.

Earlier, on Oct. 27, Typhoon Tra Mi struck Thua Thien Hue Province and Da Nang City in central Vietnam, causing heavy rains, resulting in eight deaths, 14 injuries, nearly 330 houses damaged, over 1,200 hectares of crops destroyed, and 1,500 livestock lost or washed away.