Typhoon_Wutip_(2013)

Typhoon Wutip (2013)

Typhoon Wutip (2013)

Pacific typhoon in 2013

This article is about the 2013 typhoon. For other storms of the same name, see Typhoon Wutip and List of storms named Paolo.

Typhoon Wutip, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Paolo, was a moderate, Category-3 typhoon that affected Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. The nineteenth named storm and the fifth typhoon of the 2013 Pacific typhoon season. 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.

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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.[1]

Meteorological history

Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale
Map key
Saffir–Simpson scale
  Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
  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)
  Unknown
Storm type
triangle Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression

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.[2]

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.[3][4] It was rapidly downgraded by a tropical storm as it moved westwards on September 30. It slowly dissipated and crossed the 100th meridian very early on October 2.[citation needed]

Impact

Deaths by country
China14
Vietnam13
Total27

China

A total of 14 people were killed in China, and total damages were amounted to be ¥20 million (US$3.27 million).[5]

Vietnam

Storm made landfall in Quảng Bình Province 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, Quảng Trị and Thừa Thiên–Huế as many trees, broken pole fell on the North–South Railway, leaving at least four trains paralyzed.[6] Rain reached Vietnam on September 30 and then Thailand the following day.[7]

2 people were killed when a radio tower serving the Voice of Vietnam in Quảng Bình fell on a car.[8] 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.[9] Overall 13 people were killed, and total damage was estimated at ₫13.6 trillion (US$644 million).[10]

See also

References

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    香港天文台. "熱帶氣旋名稱的意義". Archived from the original on 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2013-09-27.
  2. [2]
    "Tropical Depression 20W (PAOLO) Update Number 001". David Michael V. Padua. Archived from the original on October 7, 2013. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
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    "NASA image sees eye in deadly Typhoon Wutip on landfall approach". Rob Gutro. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
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    "19 provinces on flood alert as Typhoon Wutip heads to Thailand". Retrieved September 30, 2013.
  5. [5]
    China Meteorological Administration (November 22, 2013). Member Report: China (PDF). ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee: 8th Integrated Workshop/2nd TRCG Forum. ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee. p. 16. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
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    Nguyễn Đông (November 30, 2013). "Nhiều tỉnh mất điện, đường sắt Bắc Nam gián đoạn vì siêu bão". VnExpress (in Vietnamese). Retrieved November 19, 2013.
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    "Typhoon leaves 74 missing in China as Thailand, Vietnam brace for floods". Reuters. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
  8. [8]
    Lê Hoàng - Hải Bình (October 1, 2013). "Cột phát sóng bị bão quật đổ khiến 2 người tử vong". VnExpress (in Vietnamese). Retrieved November 19, 2013.
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    VŨ TOÀN (October 2, 2013). "Làm thủ tục công nhận liệt sĩ cho ông Nguyễn Tài Dũng". Tuổi Trẻ news. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
  10. [10]
    2013 VIETNAM REPORT
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