The National Hydrology Metrology Forecast Center said that storm Saudel weakened gradually into a tropical low- pressure system as it travelled the territorial waters from Ha Tinh to Quang Tri last night.
Deputy Prime Minister, Head of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control cum Chief of the National Committee for Incident and Disaster Response and Search and Rescue chaired a meeting with relevant agencies this morning in the capital city of Hanoi to adopt measures against newly-formed storm Saudel, rescue operations and urgently overcome damage in the Central region from floods affected by typhoon Linfa and Nangka.