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On October 9, the [[Joint Typhoon Warning Center|JTWC]] began tracking a tropical system east-southeast of [[Da Nang]], [[Vietnam]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-10-09|title=Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert (Invest 92W)|url=https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/wp9220web.txt|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://wiki.chlod.net/jtwc/text/2020-10-09-0930-wp9220web.txt|archive-date=2020-10-09|access-date=2020-10-10|website=[[Joint Typhoon Warning Center]]}}</ref> On October 10, the system was declared as a tropical depression by the JTWC and the [[Japan Meteorological Agency|JMA]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-10-10|title=Tropical Depression 17W (Seventeen) Warning No. 1|url=https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/wp1720web.txt|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://wiki.chlod.net/jtwc/text/2020-10-10-0310-wp1720web.txt|archive-date=2020-10-10|access-date=2020-10-10|website=[[Joint Typhoon Warning Center]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-10-10|title=Tropical Cyclone Information|url=https://www.jma.go.jp/en/typh/b.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010034646/https://www.jma.go.jp/en/typh/b.html|archive-date=2020-10-10|access-date=2020-10-10|website=[[Japan Meteorological Agency]]}}</ref> Later that day, the JMA upgraded the system into a tropical storm and named it ''Linfa''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-10-10|title=Tropical Cyclone Information|url=https://www.jma.go.jp/en/typh/2015.html|archive-date=2020-10-10|access-date=2020-10-10|website=[[Japan Meteorological Agency]]}}</ref> The system continued westward, making landfall on October 11 at 3:00 UTC in [[Vietnam]]. <ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-10-11|title=Tropical Storm 17W (Linfa) Warning No. 6|url=https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/wp1720web.txt|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://wiki.chlod.net/jtwc/text/2020-10-11-0800-wp1720web.txt|archive-date=2020-10-11|access-date=2020-10-11|website=[[Joint Typhoon Warning Center]]}}</ref> The JTWC issued their final warning on the system at 9:00 that day.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-10-11|title=Tropical Storm 17W (Linfa) Warning No. 6|url=https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/wp1720web.txt|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://wiki.chlod.net/jtwc/text/2020-10-12-0250-wp1720web.txt|archive-date=2020-10-12|access-date=2020-10-12|website=[[Joint Typhoon Warning Center]]}}</ref> The JMA later followed, issuing their final warning on the system at 18:00 UTC.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-10-11|title=Tropical Cyclone Information|url=https://www.jma.go.jp/en/typh/2015.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012035915/https://www.jma.go.jp/en/typh/2015.html|archive-date=2020-10-12|access-date=2020-10-12|website=[[Japan Meteorological Agency]]}}</ref> |
On October 9, the [[Joint Typhoon Warning Center|JTWC]] began tracking a tropical system east-southeast of [[Da Nang]], [[Vietnam]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-10-09|title=Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert (Invest 92W)|url=https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/wp9220web.txt|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://wiki.chlod.net/jtwc/text/2020-10-09-0930-wp9220web.txt|archive-date=2020-10-09|access-date=2020-10-10|website=[[Joint Typhoon Warning Center]]}}</ref> On October 10, the system was declared as a tropical depression by the JTWC and the [[Japan Meteorological Agency|JMA]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-10-10|title=Tropical Depression 17W (Seventeen) Warning No. 1|url=https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/wp1720web.txt|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://wiki.chlod.net/jtwc/text/2020-10-10-0310-wp1720web.txt|archive-date=2020-10-10|access-date=2020-10-10|website=[[Joint Typhoon Warning Center]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-10-10|title=Tropical Cyclone Information|url=https://www.jma.go.jp/en/typh/b.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010034646/https://www.jma.go.jp/en/typh/b.html|archive-date=2020-10-10|access-date=2020-10-10|website=[[Japan Meteorological Agency]]}}</ref> Later that day, the JMA upgraded the system into a tropical storm and named it ''Linfa''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-10-10|title=Tropical Cyclone Information|url=https://www.jma.go.jp/en/typh/2015.html|archive-date=2020-10-10|access-date=2020-10-10|website=[[Japan Meteorological Agency]]}}</ref> The system continued westward, making landfall on October 11 at 3:00 UTC in [[Vietnam]]. <ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-10-11|title=Tropical Storm 17W (Linfa) Warning No. 6|url=https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/wp1720web.txt|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://wiki.chlod.net/jtwc/text/2020-10-11-0800-wp1720web.txt|archive-date=2020-10-11|access-date=2020-10-11|website=[[Joint Typhoon Warning Center]]}}</ref> The JTWC issued their final warning on the system at 9:00 that day.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-10-11|title=Tropical Storm 17W (Linfa) Warning No. 6|url=https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/wp1720web.txt|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://wiki.chlod.net/jtwc/text/2020-10-12-0250-wp1720web.txt|archive-date=2020-10-12|access-date=2020-10-12|website=[[Joint Typhoon Warning Center]]}}</ref> The JMA later followed, issuing their final warning on the system at 18:00 UTC.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-10-11|title=Tropical Cyclone Information|url=https://www.jma.go.jp/en/typh/2015.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012035915/https://www.jma.go.jp/en/typh/2015.html|archive-date=2020-10-12|access-date=2020-10-12|website=[[Japan Meteorological Agency]]}}</ref> |
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Linfa brought historic amounts of precipitation to [[Central Vietnam]], peaking at 90.16 inches (2,290 mm) in [[A Lưới]] ([[Huế]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phongchongthientai.mard.gov.vn/Pages/bao-cao-nhanh-cong-tac-truc-ban-pctt-ngay-14-10-2020.aspx|title=FLASH REPORT ON DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT SITUATION ON 14 OCTOBER 2020|author=|date=14 October 2020|work=Vietnam Disaster Management Authority|accessdate=17 October 2020}}</ref> 59.842 inches (1,520 mm) in [[Quảng Trị]].<ref>{{cite news |title=3 tỉnh xin hỗ trợ khẩn cấp thiệt hại do bão số 6, áp thấp nhiệt đới|url=https://laodong.vn/xa-hoi/3-tinh-xin-ho-tro-khan-cap-thiet-hai-do-bao-so-6-ap-thap-nhiet-doi-844158.ldo|accessdate=October 14, 2020 |work=Báo Lao động |
Before Linfa, from October 5 the areas of central Vietnam have suffered heavy rainfall and flash floods. Linfa brought historic amounts of precipitation to [[Central Vietnam]], peaking at 90.16 inches (2,290 mm) in [[A Lưới]] ([[Huế]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phongchongthientai.mard.gov.vn/Pages/bao-cao-nhanh-cong-tac-truc-ban-pctt-ngay-14-10-2020.aspx|title=FLASH REPORT ON DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT SITUATION ON 14 OCTOBER 2020|author=|date=14 October 2020|work=Vietnam Disaster Management Authority|accessdate=17 October 2020}}</ref> 59.842 inches (1,520 mm) in [[Quảng Trị]], triggered the historical flood.<ref>{{cite news |title=3 tỉnh xin hỗ trợ khẩn cấp thiệt hại do bão số 6, áp thấp nhiệt đới|url=https://laodong.vn/xa-hoi/3-tinh-xin-ho-tro-khan-cap-thiet-hai-do-bao-so-6-ap-thap-nhiet-doi-844158.ldo|accessdate=October 14, 2020 |work=Báo Lao động |
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|date=October 12, 2020}}</ref> Linfa hit the central region of the country, destroying a total of 382 houses and flooded 109,034 others In addition, the storm damaged 108 sections of national highways and 8.6km of provincial highways. The disaster caused big losses to agricultural production by destroying {{convert|584|hectare|acre}} of rice crops, {{convert|3,879|hectare|acre}} of vegetable crops, and {{convert|2,141|hectare|acre}} of [[aquaculture]], whilst killing about 150,700 cattle and poultry.<ref name="lineoffire">https://www.phnompenhpost.com/international/thailand-vietnam-caught-line-fire-increased-storm-activity</ref> On the night of 12 to 13 October 2020, when leading the rescue team of workers at a hydropower plant ([[Thua Thien Hue]]) to find missing workers buried in a landslide, Major General [[Nguyễn Văn Man]] was buried in another landslide with 12 people from the rescue team.<ref name=tp>{{cite web|work= Báo điện tử Tiền Phong|url= https://www.tienphong.vn/xa-hoi/tim-thay-thi-the-thieu-tuong-nguyen-van-man-pho-tu-lenh-quan-khu-4-1735564.tpo|title= Tìm thấy thi thể Thiếu tướng Nguyễn Văn Man, Phó Tư lệnh Quân khu 4|date= 2020-10-15|accessdate= 2020-10-15}}</ref> On October 15, 2020, their bodies were found by rescuers.<ref name=vne>{{cite web|author= Hoàng Thùy và cộng sự|work= Báo điện tử VnExpress|url= https://vnexpress.net/pho-tu-lenh-quan-khu-4-cung-12-nguoi-gap-nan-khi-di-cuu-ho-4175885.html|title= Phó tư lệnh Quân khu 4 cùng 12 người gặp nạn khi đi cứu hộ|date= 2020-10-13|accessdate= 2020-10-15}}</ref> The storm left 90 people dead and 34 missing in Vietnam.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phongchongthientai.mard.gov.vn/Pages/bao-cao-nhanh-cong-tac-truc-ban-phong-chong-thien-tai-ngay-18-10-2020.aspx|title=Báo cáo nhanh công tác trực ban PCTT ngày 18/10/2020 |
|date=October 12, 2020}}</ref> Linfa hit the central region of the country, destroying a total of 382 houses and flooded 109,034 others In addition, the storm damaged 108 sections of national highways and 8.6km of provincial highways. The disaster caused big losses to agricultural production by destroying {{convert|584|hectare|acre}} of rice crops, {{convert|3,879|hectare|acre}} of vegetable crops, and {{convert|2,141|hectare|acre}} of [[aquaculture]], whilst killing about 150,700 cattle and poultry.<ref name="lineoffire">https://www.phnompenhpost.com/international/thailand-vietnam-caught-line-fire-increased-storm-activity</ref> On the night of 12 to 13 October 2020, when leading the rescue team of workers at a hydropower plant ([[Thua Thien Hue]]) to find missing workers buried in a landslide, Major General [[Nguyễn Văn Man]] was buried in another landslide with 12 people from the rescue team.<ref name=tp>{{cite web|work= Báo điện tử Tiền Phong|url= https://www.tienphong.vn/xa-hoi/tim-thay-thi-the-thieu-tuong-nguyen-van-man-pho-tu-lenh-quan-khu-4-1735564.tpo|title= Tìm thấy thi thể Thiếu tướng Nguyễn Văn Man, Phó Tư lệnh Quân khu 4|date= 2020-10-15|accessdate= 2020-10-15}}</ref> On October 15, 2020, their bodies were found by rescuers.<ref name=vne>{{cite web|author= Hoàng Thùy và cộng sự|work= Báo điện tử VnExpress|url= https://vnexpress.net/pho-tu-lenh-quan-khu-4-cung-12-nguoi-gap-nan-khi-di-cuu-ho-4175885.html|title= Phó tư lệnh Quân khu 4 cùng 12 người gặp nạn khi đi cứu hộ|date= 2020-10-13|accessdate= 2020-10-15}}</ref> The storm left 90 people dead and 34 missing in Vietnam.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phongchongthientai.mard.gov.vn/Pages/bao-cao-nhanh-cong-tac-truc-ban-phong-chong-thien-tai-ngay-18-10-2020.aspx|title=Báo cáo nhanh công tác trực ban PCTT ngày 18/10/2020 |
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|author=|language=vi|date=19 October 2020|work=Vietnam Disaster Management Authority|accessdate=19 October 2020}}</ref> |
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Tropical storm (JMA scale) | |
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Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
![]() Tropical Storm Linfa approaching Vietnam on October 11 | |
Formed | October 9, 2020 |
Dissipated | October 12, 2020 |
Highest winds | 10-minute sustained: 75 km/h (45 mph) 1-minute sustained: 85 km/h (50 mph) |
Lowest pressure | 996 hPa (mbar); 29.41 inHg |
Fatalities | 114 total, 34 missing |
Damage | $217 million (2020 USD)[1] |
Areas affected | Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar |
Part of the 2020 Pacific typhoon season |
Tropical Storm Linfa was a weak but deadly tropical cyclone which caused catastrophic flooding in portions of Central Vietnam in October 2020. The fifteenth tropical cyclone of the 2020 Pacific typhoon season, Linfa formed from a tropical disturbance west of the Philippines on October 10. The system subsequently became a tropical storm. The system tracked west and made landfall in Vietnam on October 11. In total, the storm and flood killed 114 people and left 34 missing in Mainland Southeast Asia.
With Linfa dropping 90.16 inches of rain in a portion of Vietnam, Linfa became the 11th wettest tropical cyclone recorded worldwide.[2]
Meteorological history
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Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
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On October 9, the JTWC began tracking a tropical system east-southeast of Da Nang, Vietnam.[3] On October 10, the system was declared as a tropical depression by the JTWC and the JMA.[4][5] Later that day, the JMA upgraded the system into a tropical storm and named it Linfa.[6] The system continued westward, making landfall on October 11 at 3:00 UTC in Vietnam. [7] The JTWC issued their final warning on the system at 9:00 that day.[8] The JMA later followed, issuing their final warning on the system at 18:00 UTC.[9]
Prepare and impact
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Before Linfa, from October 5 the areas of central Vietnam have suffered heavy rainfall and flash floods. Linfa brought historic amounts of precipitation to Central Vietnam, peaking at 90.16 inches (2,290 mm) in A Lưới (Huế),[10] 59.842 inches (1,520 mm) in Quảng Trị, triggered the historical flood.[11] Linfa hit the central region of the country, destroying a total of 382 houses and flooded 109,034 others In addition, the storm damaged 108 sections of national highways and 8.6km of provincial highways. The disaster caused big losses to agricultural production by destroying 584 hectares (1,440 acres) of rice crops, 3,879 hectares (9,590 acres) of vegetable crops, and 2,141 hectares (5,290 acres) of aquaculture, whilst killing about 150,700 cattle and poultry.[12] On the night of 12 to 13 October 2020, when leading the rescue team of workers at a hydropower plant (Thua Thien Hue) to find missing workers buried in a landslide, Major General Nguyễn Văn Man was buried in another landslide with 12 people from the rescue team.[13] On October 15, 2020, their bodies were found by rescuers.[14] The storm left 90 people dead and 34 missing in Vietnam.[15]
In Cambodia, heavy flood due to Linfa killed 24 people. The floods have also inundated 59,268 houses and 242,372 hectares of rice and other crops.[16][17]
Aftermath
Quang Tri authorities have asked the central government to supply materials and rescue equipment, including two amphibious vehicles, 27 boats, rescue equipment and chemicals for disinfection.[12]
See also
- Tropical cyclones in 2020
- List of wettest tropical cyclones
- Tropical Storm Noul (2020) - another storm that made landfall a few weeks prior in Vietnam and killed more than 18 people
- Tropical Storm Nangka (2020) - another deadly storm that enhanced flooding issues in Vietnam
- Cyclone Hyacinthe - The wettest known tropical cyclone worldwide.
References
- ^ http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_LzS67HGQ.html
- ^ "FLASH REPORT ON DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT SITUATION ON 14 OCTOBER 2020". Vietnam Disaster Management Authority. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ "Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert (Invest 92W)". Joint Typhoon Warning Center. 2020-10-09. Archived from the original on 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
- ^ "Tropical Depression 17W (Seventeen) Warning No. 1". Joint Typhoon Warning Center. 2020-10-10. Archived from the original on 2020-10-10. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
- ^ "Tropical Cyclone Information". Japan Meteorological Agency. 2020-10-10. Archived from the original on 2020-10-10. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
- ^ "Tropical Cyclone Information". Japan Meteorological Agency. 2020-10-10. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
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(help) - ^ "Tropical Storm 17W (Linfa) Warning No. 6". Joint Typhoon Warning Center. 2020-10-11. Archived from the original on 2020-10-11. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
- ^ "Tropical Storm 17W (Linfa) Warning No. 6". Joint Typhoon Warning Center. 2020-10-11. Archived from the original on 2020-10-12. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
- ^ "Tropical Cyclone Information". Japan Meteorological Agency. 2020-10-11. Archived from the original on 2020-10-12. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
- ^ "FLASH REPORT ON DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT SITUATION ON 14 OCTOBER 2020". Vietnam Disaster Management Authority. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ "3 tỉnh xin hỗ trợ khẩn cấp thiệt hại do bão số 6, áp thấp nhiệt đới". Báo Lao động. October 12, 2020. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
- ^ a b https://www.phnompenhpost.com/international/thailand-vietnam-caught-line-fire-increased-storm-activity
- ^ "Tìm thấy thi thể Thiếu tướng Nguyễn Văn Man, Phó Tư lệnh Quân khu 4". Báo điện tử Tiền Phong. 2020-10-15. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
- ^ Hoàng Thùy và cộng sự (2020-10-13). "Phó tư lệnh Quân khu 4 cùng 12 người gặp nạn khi đi cứu hộ". Báo điện tử VnExpress. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
- ^ "Báo cáo nhanh công tác trực ban PCTT ngày 18/10/2020". Vietnam Disaster Management Authority (in Vietnamese). 19 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ "Cambodia flood death toll reaches 18". The Manila Times. October 18, 2020. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
- ^ "Floods in Cambodia kill 24 people". NHK World. October 17, 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
External links
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