Central vietnam weather

By Di Vy  &nbspAugust 4, 2018 | 04:11 pm GMT+7 On a central Vietnam island that is still not prominent on the tourism map, it is fun to watch locals do their thing. Phu Quy, 120 kilometers (74 miles) from the famous resport town of Phan Thiet in the south-central province of Binh Thuan, is yet to become a big tourism draw. So fishing continues to be the main vocation of the island’s residents, and these boats are their lifeline. People are up early to receive the catch that is brought in at dawn. There are many seafood selling points scattered along the coast of Phu Quy Island. Bai Phu is one of the busy fish distribution points on the island, especially during the windy season. The coracles on the beach are yet to go into action. Traders still wearing their motorbike helmets hasten to pick out freshest baskets of fish as a boat docks at a wharf in Bai Phu, around three kilometers from the Phu Quy Port. Traders and the occasional tourists … [Read more...] about Watch people go fishing for a living in central Vietnam

The northern provinces of Yen Bai and Son La and the central province of Thanh Hoa were hardest hit by the impacts of tropical storm Son Tinh, with over 100 houses collapsing and 4,000 houses getting flooded.  Yen Bai lost the highest number of people with 10, while the other northern provinces of Son La, Phu Tho, Hoa Binh and Lao Cai lost 6 in total. Four people died in the central province of Thanh Hoa. Over 82,000 hectares (200,000 acres) of agricultural produce has been destroyed and around 17,000 livestock killed, according to the National Disaster Response, Search and Rescue Committee.  The committee said that 6,500 military personnel have been mobilized to assist local residents.  Storm Son Tinh turned into a tropical depression as it made landfall in central Vietnam, but it brought heavy rainfall lasting many hours to northern and central provinces, starting Friday.  Son Tinh is the third storm of the year to form in the East Sea, known internationally … [Read more...] about 20 dead, 16 missing as flash floods hit northern, central Vietnam

By Vo Hai  &nbspJuly 19, 2018 | 09:25 am GMT+7 Fishing boats take shelter from the storm in Thanh Hoa Province in central Vietnam. Photo by VnExpress/Le Hoang Weather experts have warned that Son Tinh remained a threat as it made landfall in Vietnam’s central provinces on Wednesday night as a tropical depression. By 4 p.m. on Thursday, the eye of the depression was in the provinces of Nghe An and Thanh Hoa, with maximum wind speeds of 40-60 kilometers (24-37 miles) per hour, according to the National Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Center. The depression has kept sea conditions rough, and heavy downpours are expected in the central region and northern delta until late night on Thursday. Hanoi, the capital city, should expect thunderstorms and whirlwinds, the center said. From Friday lasting several days, heavy rains are forecast for the entire northern region, including the northern highlands. The national forecasting center also predicts flooding of … [Read more...] about Storm Son Tinh returns to depression, hits central Vietnam

Son Tinh, as the storm has been internationally named, was spotted to the northwest of the Philippines on Tuesday morning before it kept moving west towards Vietnam with wind speeds of 75 kilometers (47 miles) per hour. It is forecast to be around 350 kilometers off the coast from Hai Phong port city to the north central province of Ha Tinh at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, according to the Vietnam National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. Winds of up to 75 kph are expected to bring rough water and six-meter waves around the Paracel Islands and the Gulf of Tonkin. In the next two days, the storm is projected to keep heading west and sweep northern and north central Vietnam before weakening into a tropical depression again. Hanoi is set to be part of the affected area. A satellite image of Son Tinh as shown by Vietnam National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting on Tuesday afternoon. The storm is the third formed in the South China Sea, which is known in Vietnam as the East … [Read more...] about Tropical depression intensifies, storm bears down on northern, central Vietnam

It's been six months since one of the worst storms in years wreaked havoc in central Vietnam, and many poor households in the mountains of Nam Tra My District in Quang Nam Province are struggling to get back to normality. Typhoon Damrey killed 36 people and injured 34, while causing damage worth trillions of dong. On the afternoon of November 6 last year, the slopes of Mount Ong Tuan, which is home to the Ca Dong ethnic minority group, were turned into a burial ground, leaving hundreds of families homeless and almost wiping out the underprivileged area. In the wake of the storm, residents were relocated to a new village called Khe Chu, but still face a serious shortage of infrastructure, houses, fresh water and schools. While the villagers are trying to rebuild their lives, their children are being sent to two temporary classrooms, housed under steel frames and canvas. Ngo, one of the two teachers who works at the "school" in Khe Chu, said the only thing she wants right now is a … [Read more...] about Storm-hit village in central Vietnam in dire need of education access for ethnic children