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Dozen of storms to enter East Sea this year

Up to 10-12 storms and tropical depressions are forecast to enter the East Sea this year, 4-6 of which will directly affect Vietnam.
Dozen of storms to enter East Sea this year ảnh 1A storm enters the East Sea (Illustrative photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Up to 10-12 storms and tropicaldepressions are forecast to enter the East Sea this year, 4-6 of which willdirectly affect Vietnam.

The information was revealed during a meeting of the NationalSteering Committee for Natural Disaster Control held on February 23 regardingdisaster preparedness in the central and Central Highlands regions.

Vietnam’s average temperature increased by 0.7 degree Celsiusin 2021 compared to the previous years, Deputy General Director of the VietnamMeteorological and Hydrological Administration Hoang Duc Cuong further said.

As climate change triggers temperature rise, storms becomestronger and the central region will be prone, he added.

Dozen of storms to enter East Sea this year ảnh 2Flooding caused by Storm Kompasu in October 2021 (Photo: VNA)

The typhoons are projected to come from July and Augustuntil November and there are no indications that they will be in close succession like in the past two years.

Reports by the committee showed that 148 storms directly hitVietnam of the total 374 entering the East Sea in the past 40 years.

Of the number, 94 landed in the central region, accountingfor more than 64 percent, between September and November./.

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