Typhoon Wutip (2013)

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 at least 25 people in southeastern Asia during late September and early October.

Typhoon Wutip (Paolo)
Typhoon (JMA scale)
Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
Typhoon Wutip at peak intensity on September 29
FormedSeptember 25, 2013
DissipatedOctober 1, 2013
Highest winds10-minute sustained: 120 km/h (75 mph)
1-minute sustained: 185 km/h (115 mph)
Lowest pressure965 hPa (mbar); 28.5 inHg
Fatalities25 total
Damage$524 million (2013 USD)
Areas affectedPhilippines, Hainan, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand
Part of the 2013 Pacific typhoon season

The name "Wutip" (蝴蝶) proposed by Macau, meaning "butterfly".[1]

Meteorological history
Map plotting the track and the intensity of the storm, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale

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.

Impact
Deaths by country
China14
Vietnam11
Total25

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 11 people were killed, and total damage was estimated at ₫11 tillion (US$521 million).[10][11]

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See also

References
  1. 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. "Tropical Depression 20W (PAOLO) Update Number 001". David Michael V. Padua. Archived from the original on October 7, 2013. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
  3. "NASA image sees eye in deadly Typhoon Wutip on landfall approach". Rob Gutro. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
  4. "19 provinces on flood alert as Typhoon Wutip heads to Thailand". Retrieved September 30, 2013.
  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 2, 2013. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
  6. 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.
  7. "Typhoon leaves 74 missing in China as Thailand, Vietnam brace for floods". Reuters. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
  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.
  9. 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. Writer VnExpress (October 4, 2013). "Gần 11.000 tỷ đồng thiệt hại do bão Wutip". VnExpress (in Vietnamese). Retrieved November 19, 2013.
  11. http://labos.ulg.ac.be/hugo/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/11/The-State-of-Environmental-Migration-2014-31-47.pdf
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