Tropical Storm Wipha was a tropical cyclone that caused significant damages in Vietnam and China. Wipha was the eleventh depression, and the ninth tropical storm of the
2019 Pacific typhoon season
The 2019 Pacific typhoon season was the costliest Pacific typhoon season on record, just ahead of the previous year. The season featured fairly above-average tropical cyclone activity for the second consecutive year, producing 29 named storms, ...
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Meteorological history
On July 30, a tropical depression formed in the South China Sea near the
Paracel Islands and
Hainan. On the next day, it strengthened into a tropical storm, and the JMA named it Wipha. By July 31, the JTWC upgraded Wipha to a tropical storm, with Wipha making
landfall on Hainan Island at peak intensity. On August 3, Wipha weakened to a tropical depression after it made landfall in the northern area of
Quảng Ninh Province, delivering drenching rains and strong gusts to northern and north-central localities. On August 4, Wipha dissipated at 12:00 UTC.
Preparation and Impact
Vietnam
In
Vietnam, at least 27 people were killed.
Thanh Hóa Province was the worst hit province within the nation, with 16 people died alone, and the losses were amounted to 1 trillion
đồng (US$43.1 million). Damage in
Sơn La Province reached 28 billion đồng (US$1.21 million).
China
Damage in
Hainan and
Guangxi
Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic ...
valued at
Â¥83.6 million (US$12 million).
See also
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Weather of 2019
The following is a list of weather events in 2019.
Global conditions
2019 was Earth's second-warmest year on record, which goes back to 1880. It was the 43rd consecutive year of above-average temperatures. The year was 0.95 °C (1.71 ...
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Tropical cyclones in 2019
During 2019, tropical cyclones formed within seven different tropical cyclone basins, located within various parts of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. During the year, a total of 150 systems formed with 102 of these developing further a ...
References
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Tropical cyclones in 2019
Typhoons in Vietnam
Typhoons in Laos
Typhoons in China
Western Pacific tropical storms