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Tropical low moving fast, likely to become storm

Tropical low moving fast, likely to become storm

Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 10:45 GMT+7

As soon as storm Hainan dissipated in southern China, a tropical depression has moved fast from southeast of the Philippines  towards the East Sea and will likely upgrade to a storm soon, the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting reported.

>> Storm Haiyan leaves 14 dead, 81 injured in Vietnam At 7 am today, November 12, the depression was centered at 7.1 degrees latitude north and 126.8 degrees longitude east, in waters off the Philippines’s Mindanao Island, with winds near the eye reaching up to 61 kph, and squalls of 62-88 kph.

The depression is moving west-northwest at a speed of 25 kph and within the next 24 hours, it will sweep through the southern Philippines, enter the Sulu waters and may upgrade into a storm.

At 7 am Wednesday, the possible storm will be seen 350 km east-southeast of the Philippines' Mindanao Island, packing winds as strong as 62-74 kph and squalls  up to102 kph, and begin to enter the East Sea.

Due to the possible storm, the Gulf of Tonkin will have rough sea and winds as strong as 39-61 kph. Meanwhile, the Japan Meteorological Agency forecast that the depression is moving west at a higher speed, 35 kph, the same as Haiyan. The system will then change its direction to north-northwest and will strengthen. As previously reported, storm Haiyan, with squalls of 117 kph, slashed Quang Ninh and Hai Phong in northern Vietnam on Monday morning before entering southern China. The storm has left 14 people dead, 81 others injured, and 4 missing in the central and northern provinces, the National Committee for Search and Rescue reported. 

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