Vietnam Typhoons in August

Halong Bay Authority has stopped granting permits to boats and overnight cruise junks to make tours on the bay from 10 A.M on 1-August-2019 due to the expected strike of the Wipha Typoon (No.3 Typhoon in the East Sea of Vietnam in 2019).

So you are on holidays in Vietnam and there is news that a typhoon is looming in Northern Vietnam. Would your trip in the South of Vietnam be affected by the coming typhoon in Northern Vietnam? The simple answer is YES!

Due to Typhoon Waphi that flights to/from the Cat Bi Airport in Hai Phong and the Van Don Airport in Quang Ninh (Halong Bay) are canceled on 2nd and 3rd August, 2019. Air carriers have increased the flights to/from the Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi to meet the increasing demands.

In the afternoon of 30-August-2023 Typhoon Saola entered the northeast of East Vietnam Sea becoming the third typhoon in Vietnam in 2023. The typhoon is packing sustained winds of 167-201kph. The projected path in the next 12 hours is west northwest.

09August2020 The low pressure air trough has strengthened to be a tropical depression - No. 3 in Vietnam in 2020.

0700 A.M Tropical Depression No. 3 is 200km west of the Luzon Island (The Philippines) packing sustained winds of 40-50kph. The projected path in the next 24 hours is nne. The tropical depression could travel at 15-20kph speeds and could strengthen further to be a tropical storm.

17August2020 The Tropical Depression is on the north of the Luzon Island (The Philippines) packing sustained winds of 40-50kph. The projected path in the next 24 hours i nnw covering 15-20kph.

1300 The Tropical Depression is on the north of the Luzon Island (The Philippines) packing sustained winds of 40-50kph. The projected path in the next 24 hours is nnw covering 15-20kph.

18August2020

0700AM The Typhoon is on 630km northeast of the Hoang Sa Islands (Paracel Island of Vietnam) packing sustained winds of 60-75kph. The projected path in the next 24 hours is nnw covering 20kph.

1000AM The Typhoon is on 600km northeast of the Hoang Sa Islands (Paracel Island of Vietnam) packing sustained winds of 60-75kph. The projected path in the next 24 hours is nnw covering 20kph.

1300 The Typhoon is on 570km northeast of the Hoang Sa Islands (Paracel Island of Vietnam) packing sustained winds of 60-75kph. The projected path in the next 24 hours is nnw covering 20kph.

1600 The Typhoon is on 570km northeast of the Hoang Sa Islands (Paracel Island of Vietnam) packing sustained winds of 60-90kph. The projected path in the next 24 hours is nnw covering 20kph making landfall in the south of China, Guangdong Province.

19August2020

1000AM The Typhoon is inland in the south of the Guangdong Province (China) packing sustained winds of 75-90kph. The projected path in the next 12 hours is nnw covering 20kph. The typhoon should have weakened to be a tropical depression again before melting away.

In the afternoon, the typhoon has weakened to be a tropical depression in Guangdong - Guangxi (China) carrying sustained winds of 50-60kph. The tropical depression will have weakened to be a low pressure air trough before melting away in the next 12 hours. This is the last update of this tropical depression/typhoon.

27-August-2019

In the monring of 27-August-2019 the Tropical Depression, which had formed in the east of the Philippines on 26-August-2019, has strengthened to be a typhoon, internationally coded Podul.

The low pressure air trough which entered the East Vietnam Sea on 28July2020 has strengthened to be a tropical depression, the second one in Vietnam in 2020.

The low air trough has turned into a tropical depression.

30-July-2019

07:00 A.M The tropical depresssion is 400km east of the Hoang Sa Islands of Vietnam (The Paracel Islands) carrying sustained winds of 40-50kph. The projected path in the next 24 hours is wnw. The tropical depression may strengthen to be a typhoon.

The sea to the north of the East Sea of Vietnam is rough due to the tropical depression.