Typhoon Rai weakens into tropical depression, unable to affect Vietnam
Typhoon Rai, the ninth storm to hit the East Sea this year, rapidly weakened into a tropical depression on December 20 evening and no longer threatened Vietnam’s waters and mainland.
Typhoon Rai, the ninth storm to hit the East Sea this year, weakens into a tropical depression on December 20 evening (Photo: National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting)According to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting, at 10pm on December 20, the centre of the tropical depression was about 180 km east of China’s Hainan Island with winds of 40-50km per hour.
On December 21 morning, it is forecast to move northeast at a speed of 20km per hour and then will weaken into a low pressure zone.
However, ships operating in the East Sea are still warned of strong winds as an impact of the depression./.
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