Typhoon Man-yi, level 15, likely to enter the East Sea

According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, at 1:00 a.m. this morning, November 16, the center of storm Man-yi was in the sea east of the central Philippines.

The storm is moving in a West Northwest direction at a speed of 20-25km/h. The strongest wind near the storm center is level 15, gusting to level 17.

It is forecasted that by November 18, the storm will enter the East Sea, with the strongest winds near the storm's center reaching level 12-13, gusting to level 16.

From the next 72 to 120 hours, the storm moved in the West Southwest direction, about 15km per hour, and continued to weaken.

Due to the impact of the storm, from the afternoon of November 17, the eastern sea area of ​​the North East Sea had strong winds of level 6-7, then increased to level 8-10, the area near the storm's eye had winds of level 11-13, gusting to level 16, waves 2-4m high, the area near the storm's eye had waves of 5-7m; the sea was very rough.

Meanwhile, storm Usagi has not been recorded as storm number 9 because it is moving along the 120th meridian. At 1:00 a.m. this morning, the center of the storm was at about 22 degrees North latitude, 120.1 degrees East longitude, in the sea south of Taiwan (China).

The storm is moving north at a speed of about 15km/h. The strongest wind near the storm center is level 8-9, gusting to level 11.

It is forecasted that in the next 24 to 72 hours, the storm will move northeast, then turn east northeast, over the sea east of Taiwan and gradually weaken into a low pressure area.