Tropical Storm Wipha (2019)

Wipha was the eleventh depression, and the ninth tropical storm of the 2019 Pacific typhoon season.

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.

[citation needed] 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.

[4] Damage in Sơn La Province reached 28 billion đồng (US$1.21 million).

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