A tropical depression strengthened into a storm early on Thursday morning, packing winds of 74 km per hour, and is forecast to hit Quang Tri and Quang Binh provinces in central Vietnam in the afternoon.
The storm lay centered 190 km from Quang Tri and its northern neighbor Quang Binh at 7 a.m., according to the National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting.
It is expected to move west and enter the waters of Quang Binh and Quang Tri between 2-5 p.m. Thursday, maintaining its winds, before moving into Laos and weakening into a tropical depression zone on Friday morning.
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