Tropical Storm Mindulle
Posting Date: 25 August 2010
Location: Northwest Pacific
Peril: Windstorm
UPDATED 25 AUGUST. Tropical Strom Mindulle made landfall over Vietnam’s north-central coast at around 12:00 UTC on Tuesday, 24 August – becoming the second storm to make landfall over Vietnam this year. According to the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre (JTWC) Mindulle had maximum sustained winds of around 46 mph (74 km/hr) at landfall, classifying the system as a tropical storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale (SSHWS), and a tropical storm on the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)’s Tropical Cyclone Intensity Scale. Mindulle made landfall south of the city of Vinh, and around 120 miles (190 km) south-southwest of the Vietnamese capital Hanoi.
Online reports indicate that as many as 9 people have died and a further 10 are missing as a consequence of the heavy rain and strong winds associated with Mindulle. Vietnam’s National Committee for Flood and Storm Control has reported as much as 11 inches (270mm) of rainfall accumulation in localized areas close to the landfall location. The Government of Vietnam has reported that floods have submerged 96 miles² (250 sq km²) of rice fields and that the storm destroyed the roofs of 4,112 buildings. Online reports, pertaining to be information from Vietnam’s disaster officials suggest the area of damaged rice fields to be closer to 140 miles² (360 km²). Reports also suggest that as many as 31,000 homes have been affected by the storm. Numerous fishing vessels have been reportedly sunk.
At 20:00 UTC on Tuesday, 24 August Vietnam’s National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting was reporting Mindulle to be located at 19.4°N, 104.0°E, on the border with Laos, at which time the system was recording maximum sustained winds of 23 mph (37 km/hr). Mindulle is expected to dissipate during the course of today (Wednesday, August 25). Heavy rain may continue to cause flooding and landslides in mountainous areas of Vietnam, and potentially in Laos and northern Thailand.
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