Draft:Tropical Storm Mindulle
Tropical Storm Mindulle was a tropical cyclone which made landfall over Vietnam. Forming on August 17, a low-pressure area formed, the disturbance started to move west. The tropical storm later weakened due to land interaction but intensified two days later.
Meteorological history
[edit]Early on August 17, an area of low pressure formed about 415 km (258 mi), northeast of Tuguegarao City. The next day the disturbance started to move west. However, on the evening of August 18, as it crossed Babuyan Islands, the disturbance's low-level center (LLC) weakened due to land interaction and high vertical wind shear. It regenerated on August 20 when it was located about 280 km (170 mi), to the west of Dagupan. Early on the next day, the disturbance started to move west and located in warm water temperatures and favorable conditions with moderate vertical wind shear. At the same time, the LCC of the disturbance became partially exposed due to a tropical upper tropospheric trough (TUTT) that was developing off Luzon at that time. On the afternoon of that day, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) upgraded the system into a tropical depression.[1][2] The next day, they further upgraded the depression into a tropical storm and named it "Mindulle". At the same time, the JTWC reported that Tropical Depression 06W has intensified into a tropical storm. It later became classified a typhoon and later made landfall in Vietnam. Due to land interaction, Mindulle rapidly weakened on August 25 and fully dissipated, the last warning was made in the early morning of August 26.
Impact
[edit]As the storm neared Vietnam, thousands of fishermen were urged to return to port. According to Vietnamese officials, contact was lost with 10 vessels on August 24 and the 137 fishermen on the ships were listed as missing.[3] Widespread heavy rainfall, peaking at 297 mm (11.7 in),[4] led to significant flooding and agricultural losses across Vietnam.[5] Across the country, at least 10 people were killed and losses reached ₫850 billion (US$43.3 million).[6]
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- ^ Trần An — Chiêu Anh (August 24, 2010). "Bão Mindulle bắt đầu gây thiệt hại" (in Vietnamese). VnExpress. Archived from the original on 24 August 2010. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
- ^ Staff Writer (August 24, 2010). "Mindulle brings heavy rains to the north". Voice of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 25 August 2010. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
- ^ "Viet Nam: Tropical storm Mindulle kills at least 10, injures 64". Government of Vietnam. ReliefWeb. August 27, 2010. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2012.
