Dinh Viet Thang, head of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam on Thursday said certain airports would stop receiving and sending out flights during certain time frames on Saturday, as super typhoon Yagi poses high risks to safety at airports.

A plane at Hanoi's Noi Bai Airport.

Specifically, Van Don airport in northern Quang Ninh Province will suspend services from 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Cat Bi airport of Hai Phong from 5 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Hanoi's Noi Bai International Airport from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Tho Xuan airport of central Thanh Hoa Province from noon to 10 p.m.

Vietnamese airlines are planning adjustments to flight schedules to and from the aforementioned airports on Saturday. Passengers are recommended to follow weather news and airline announcements.

Yagi intensified into a super typhoon on Thursday, with maximum sustained winds of 201 kph, posing a threat to areas from Ninh Binh to Quang Ninh in northern Vietnam.

As of 10 a.m. on Thursday, Yagi was located in the northern part of the South China Sea, about 490 km northeast of China’s Hainan Island, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. The storm is expected to move west-northwest at a speed of 10-15 kph.

By 10 a.m. on Friday, Yagi is forecast to be 120 km east of Hainan Island and approximately 550 km from Vietnam's Quang Ninh province. By Saturday morning, the storm is anticipated to be over the northern Gulf of Tonkin, roughly 120 km from Quang Ninh, before making landfall between Quang Ninh and Ninh Binh. It is then projected to weaken into a tropical depression.

Yagi, which entered the South China Sea, known as the East Sea in Vietnam, on Tuesday, has rapidly strengthened, becoming one of the most powerful typhoons in the region over the past decade.

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Source: VnExpress