Storm's circulation- unleashed heavy rain lingers into Friday
Da Nang is now bracing for further heavy rain today and tomorrow, the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting has warned.
The wet weather is sparked by the combined influence of an inter-tropical convergence zone, storm Matmo’s circulation and eastern wind turbulence at high altitude.
Today and tomorrow, rainfall accumulation is likely to be 100 – 180mm in the districts of Hoa Vang and Cam Le. Meanwhile, 100 – 200mm of rain is predicted to be recorded in in the districts of Lien Chieu, Thanh Khe and Hai Chau, Son Tra and Ngu Hanh Son, and even over 200mm in some areas of Hoa Vang District in the next several days.
In addition, a flood watch has been issued for the districts of Hai Chau, Son Tra, Ngu Hanh Son, Thanh Khe and Cam Le.
Winds levels 4 - 5 are expected to appear in the mainland of the city, whilst winds levels 6 - 7, with a gust of level 8, and rough seas with 2.5 – 3,5 meter high waves are likely to be seen off the coast.
The water of rivers from Quang Binh to Quang Nam provinces is predicted to reache alarm levels 1 - 2, whilst that of rivers in Quang Ngai Province is likely to hit alarm levels 3 – 4.
Having made landfall on central provinces from Binh Dinh to Khanh Hoa on Wednesday night, Matmo, this year’s 5th storm, weakened into a tropical depression which is expected to travel westward through the Central Highlands and continue downgrading into a low-pressure zone in Cambodia.
In order to cope with the impacts of the tropical depression, the Da Nang Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Mitigation, and Control and Search and Rescue has banned fishing vessels form heading out to sea. Currently, no Da Nang-sourced boats operate in dangerous waters. 341 vessels from Da Nang and 648 others from its neighbouring central coastal provinces are being anchored at the city-based Tho Quang fishin wharf.
Viet Nam is hit by up to 10 tropical storms during the monsoon season, between July and October.
The country was struck by nine storms in total last year. Storm Podul hit central provinces in August, killing six people.