Tropical storm Hagupit will weaken into a low pressure system before making landfall in south central Viet Nam early Friday, the Viet Nam National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said Wednesday morning.
At 4 am on Wednesday (Viet Nam time), the storm was centered about 390 km east-northeast of Song Tu Tay Island, part of the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago in the East Sea, packing winds of up to 74 km and gusts of 102 kph.

The storm is moving west at a speed of 20 km, but it may later change direction to west-southwest.

At 4 am on December 11, the storm will be 340 km east-northeast of the south-central coast between Khanh Hoa and Ninh Thuan provinces, with maximum winds of 117 kph.

The expected path of storm Hagupit in the East Sea

At 4 pm the same day, the storm will be centered 130 km east-northeast of the same region, with weaker winds of up to 74 kph.

Due to the storm, which is accompanied by a cold front, the middle area of the East Sea at that time will have rough seas and winds of 62-88 kph and gusts of 89-117 kph.

In the next 24 hours, the storm will continue to move west-southwest at 20 kph and weaken into a tropical depression and then a low pressure area.