Typhoon Wutip, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Paolo, was a Category 3 major typhoon that affected

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in late September 2013. The nineteenth named storm and the fifth typhoon of the

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. Wutip formed off the coast of Luzon on September 27, 2013. Being inside PAR, PAGASA named the disturbance ''Paolo'' which replaced the name Pepeng. JTWC later gave the identifier ''Tropical Depression 20W''. Moving west-southwestward, the system intensified into a tropical storm, assigning the name ''Wutip''. Wutip reached its peak intensity of a Category-3 major typhoon. On September 30, the storm made landfall on the provinces from Ha Tinh to Thua Thien Hue province of Vietnam, including Quang Binh the center of the storm. Wutip killed at least 25 people in southeastern Asia and $648 million worth of damages during late September and early October. The name "Wutip" (蝴蝶) proposed by Macau, meaning "butterfly" in Cantonese.

Meteorological history

A tropical disturbance formed from the southwest monsoon which was enhanced by Pabuk on September 23. On September 25, it became a tropical depression and slowly intensifies off the west coast of the Philippines and named it ''Paolo'' by the PAGASA and designated ''20W'' by the JTWC early the next day. The system tracked west and strengthened into a tropical storm and named it ''Wutip (1321)'' on September 27 as it brought light to heavy rainfall across Luzon, Philippines. Tropical Storm Wutip became a severe tropical storm as it moved westwards on September 28, and rapidly became a typhoon. On September 29, Wutip became a Moderate Typhoon as it created an eye towards Thailand.

Impact

China

A total of 14 people were killed in China, and total damages were amounted to be ¥20 million (US$3.27 million).

Vietnam

Storm made landfall in

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on the afternoon of September 30, 2013 with winds of 11 Beauforts and gusts of 14 Beauforts (160 km/h). The storm made 500KV north-south line was separated from the grid without causing widespread power outages, 220 line kV, 110 kV and lower voltage lines in the north central area of failure, causing a power loss in Quảng Bình,

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and Thừa Thiên–Huế as many trees, broken pole fell on the North–South Railway, leaving at least four trains paralyzed. Rain reached Vietnam on September 30 and then Thailand the following day. 2 people were killed when a

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serving the

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in Quảng Bình fell on a car. Mr. Nguyen Tai Dung, deputy director of Nghe An Department of Agriculture was washed away, killed while on duty for flood relief in the town of Hoang Mai. Overall 13 people were killed, and total damage was estimated at ₫13.6 trillion (US$644 million).2013 VIETNAM REPORT
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References

External links

JMA General Information
of Typhoon Wutip (1321) from Digital Typhoon
JMA Best Track Data
of Typhoon Wutip (1321)
JTWC Best Track Data
of Typhoon 20W (Wutip)
20W.WUTIP
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