Typhoon Bolaven hits East Sea, coastal localities braceVietNamNet Bridge – Typhoon Bolaven, with the strongest wind speed of 75km per hour near its eye, entered the East Sea on Wednesday morning and becomes the first tropical storm to hit the East Sea this year. Vessels anchor in Ca Ty River in the coastal central province of Binh Thuan’s Phan Thiet City on Wednesday morning to avoid typhoon Bolaven. — VNA/VNS Photo Nguyen ThanhThe National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting warned that the typhoon was moving west-northwest at 25km per hour. The centre predicted that by 10am on Thursday, the typhoon would be 190km to the east of Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces’ coastal areas. The typhoon would make the sea rough in the central part of the East Sea, including the northern part of Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago from Thursday, the centre said.

Source: VietNamNet News January 04, 2018 03:00 UTC