Tropical Storm Wipha (2019)
{{Short description|Pacific tropical storm in 2019}}
{{Other hurricanes|List of storms named Wipha|the 2019 tropical storm}}
{{Infobox weather event
| name = Tropical Storm Wipha
| image = Wipha 2019-08-02 0605Z.jpg
| caption = Wipha at peak over Hainan Island
| formed = July 30, 2019
| dissipated = August 4, 2019
}}{{Infobox weather event/JMA
| winds = 45
| pressure = 985
}}
{{Infobox weather event/JTWC
| winds = 55
| pressure = 983
}}{{Infobox weather event/Effects
| fatalities = 27 direct
| damages = 76800000
| areas = South China, Vietnam, Laos
| ibtracs = 2019210N16117
}}{{Infobox weather event/Footer
| season = 2019 Pacific typhoon season
}}
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.
Meteorological history
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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.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/viet-nam/typhoon-wipha-weakens-tropical-depression-bringing-widespread-rains-across-north|title=Typhoon Wipha weakens to tropical depression, bringing widespread rains across the north - Viet Nam|website=ReliefWeb}} On August 4, Wipha dissipated at 12:00 UTC.{{Cite web |url=https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/raw/ax/axpq20.rjtd..txt |date=September 26, 2019 |access-date=2023-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926215344/https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/raw/ax/axpq20.rjtd..txt |title=RSMC Tropical Cyclone Best Track |lang=en |archive-date=2019-09-26}}
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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,{{cite news|url=http://www.viendongdaily.com/27-nguoi-chet-trong-tran-bao-wipha-3ea3pbxY.html|title=27 người chết trong trận bão Wipha|language=vi|publisher=Tin Việt Nam|date=August 12, 2019|access-date=August 15, 2019}} and the losses were amounted to 1 trillion đồng (US$43.1 million).{{cite news|url=https://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/news/vietnamnews/dozen-dead-more-than-one-thousands-billion-damaged-by-typhoon-wifa-08122019091137.html|title=Hàng chục người chết, thiệt hại hơn 1 ngàn tỷ đồng sau bão Wipha tại Việt Nam|language=vi|publisher=Radio Free Asia|date=August 12, 2019|access-date=August 15, 2019}} Damage in Sơn La Province reached 28 billion đồng (US$1.21 million).{{cite news|url=https://www.bienphong.com.vn/son-la-bao-so-3-gay-thiet-hai-uoc-tinh-tren-28-ty-dong-post348419.html|title=Sơn La: Bão số 3 gây thiệt hại ước tính trên 28 tỷ đồng|language=vi|publisher=Báo Biên phòng|date=August 6, 2019|access-date=August 7, 2019}}
=China=
Damage in Hainan and Guangxi valued at ¥83.6 million (US$12 million).{{cite news|author=姜晓莹|url=http://www.sanyarb.com.cn/content/2019-08/01/content_451235.htm|title=台风"韦帕"致海南受灾人口7.86万人 直接经济损失263.6万元|language=zh|publisher=三亚新闻网|date=August 1, 2019|access-date=August 2, 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://k.sina.cn/article_2798156675_ma6c87b8303300m2iz.html|title=台风"韦帕"造成风雨洪涝北海市直接经济损失8095万元|language=zh|publisher=Sina|date=August 2, 2019|access-date=August 3, 2019}}