According to the Quang Ninh Provincial Hydrometeorology Centre, local waters will experience strong wind ls and high waves from Thursday afternoon as the storm makes landfall in the area.
The local Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control and Search and Rescue has asked the transport department to ban all vessels including fishing, cargo and tourist boats from going to sea from 3 pm and call for all vessels operating at sea to seek shelter before 6 pm on October 19.
According to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, Storm Sanba was over the waters to the southwest of China’s Hainan Island as of 4 am on October 19. It was moving to the northwest at a speed of about 10 km per hour.
From evening of October 19 to October 21, the coastal areas in the southern part of the Red River Delta, the northeastern region of the North, and the north central provinces are forecast to experience moderate to heavy rainfalls.
