VietNamNet Bridge – A tropical low pressure that is producing gusts up to 80km/h in the East Sea is heading towards the Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

The low pressure will produce choppy seas off the coast from southern Binh Thuan Province down to Kien Giang.

Centre deputy director Tran Van Sap said that it was quite abnormal to have a tropical low pressure at this time of year.

"It is hasty to say whether the low pressure will be upgraded to a tropical storm," he said.

"However, localities especially in the southern coastal provinces, should be on the look out for bad weather due to the low pressure, and be ready to deal with natural disasters. Boat captains should monitor the weather closely before going out to sea," Sap said.

Meanwhile, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration reported that a storm called Nida, which began as a tropical depression in the western Pacific Ocean on Sunday, had strengthen into a super typhoon.

The typhoon is expected to head towards Japan in the next couple of days, bringing gusts of up to 200km/h.

Sap, from Viet Nam's hydro-meteorological forecasting centre, said it was too early to say if Nida would hit Viet Nam because its movements were hard to predict.

"However, no one can forget typhoon Linda, which occurred in November 12 years ago and swept through southernmost Ca Mau Province, killing about half a million people," he said. "So Viet Nam should be ready to cope with natural disasters at anytime."

VietNamNet/Viet Nam News

 

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