Formed September 25, 2013 Total fatalities 65 | Dissipated October 1, 2013 | |
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Highest winds 10-minute sustained: 120 km/h (75 mph)
1-minute sustained: 185 km/h (115 mph) Lowest pressure 965 hPa (mbar); 28.5 inHg Damage $523 million (2013 USD) Areas affected Philippines, Hainan, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand Date 25 September 2013 – 1 October 2013 Affected areas Thailand, Philippines, Laos, Hainan, Vietnam Similar Typhoon Lekima, Typhoon Krosa, Typhoon Fitow, Tropical Storm Trami, Typhoon Man‑yi | ||
Severe typhoon wutip 2013 xisha radar
Typhoon Wutip, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Paolo, was a typhoon that formed in the South China Sea from a tropical depression on September 27. In September 30, the storm made landfall on the provinces from Ha Tinh to Thua Thien Hue province of Vietnam, including Quang Binh is the center of the storm. Wutip killed 65 people in southeastern Asia during late September and early October.
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The name "Wutip" (蝴蝶) proposed by Macau, meaning "butterfly".
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. 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.
China
As of September 29, 74 Chinese fishermen were missing after the storm sunk 3 fishing boats in the South China Sea near the Paracel Islands as Thailand and Vietnam braced for torrential rain and flooding. Fourteen survivors had been rescued. Rain reached Vietnam on September 30 and then Thailand the following day, killing 12 people in Vietnam.
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 (160kph). 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 4 trains paralyzed.
2 people were killed by the column broadcasting Voice of Vietnam in Quảng Bình struck down. Mr. Nguyen Tai Dung, deputy director of Nghe An Department of Agriculture has been washed away, killed while walking donations flood relief in Hoang Mai town. Total damage estimated 11,000 billion VND ($523 million).