Tropical Storm Wipha was a tropical cyclone that caused significant damages in Vietnam and China in early August 2019. Wipha was the eleventh depression, and the ninth tropical storm of the
2019 Pacific typhoon season
The 2019 Pacific typhoon season was a devastating season that became the costliest on record, just ahead of the previous year and 2023, mainly due to the catastrophic damage wrought by typhoons Lekima, Faxai, and Hagibis. The season was the ...
.
Meteorological history
On July 30, a tropical depression formed in the South China Sea near the
Paracel Islands
The Paracel Islands, also known as the Xisha Islands () and the Hoà ng Sa Archipelago (), are a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea and currently controlled by the People's Republic of China.
The word ''paracel'' is of Portuguese origi ...
and
Hainan
Hainan is an island provinces of China, province and the southernmost province of China. It consists of the eponymous Hainan Island and various smaller islands in the South China Sea under the province's administration. The name literally mean ...
. 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
Landfall is the event of a storm moving over land after being over water. More broadly, and in relation to human travel, it refers to 'the first land that is reached or seen at the end of a journey across the sea or through the air, or the fact ...
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
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...
, 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
SÆ¡n La Province
SÆ¡n La is a province nestled in the Northwestern region of Vietnam.
In 2018, SÆ¡n La ranked 31st among Vietnam's administrative units in terms of population, 40th in Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP), 49th in GRDP per capita, and 63rd in GR ...
reached 28 billion đồng (US$1.21 million).
China
Damage in
Hainan
Hainan is an island provinces of China, province and the southernmost province of China. It consists of the eponymous Hainan Island and various smaller islands in the South China Sea under the province's administration. The name literally mean ...
and
Guangxi
Guangxi,; officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam (Hà Giang Province, Hà Giang, Cao Bằn ...
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 142 systems formed, with 100 of these developing further ...
References
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2019 Pacific typhoon season
Typhoons in China
Typhoons in Laos
Typhoons in Vietnam
Western Pacific tropical storms