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.
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30-August-2023: Typhoon Saola is 510km southeast of Hong Kong to the northeast of the East Vietnam Sea carrying sustained winds of 184-201kph. The projected path in the next 12 hours is wnw covering 10-15kph.
31-August-2023: Typhoon Saola is 420km east southeast of Hong Kong to the northeast of the East Vietnam Sea carrying sustained winds of 167-201kph. The projected path in the next 12 hours is wnw covering 10kph.
01-September-2023: Typhoon Saola is 250km east southeast of Hong Kong to the northeast of the East Vietnam Sea carrying sustained winds of 167-184kph. The projected path in the next 12 hours is wnw covering 10kph.
02-September-2023:
Typhoon Saola is in the sea to the southwest of Guangdong Province of China carrying sustained winds of 118-149kph. The projected path in the next 12 hours is wsw covering 15kph.
13:00 hours Typhoon Saola is in the sea area to the southwest of Guangdong Province with sustained winds of 89-102kph. The project path in 6 hours is west southwest. The typhoon is barreling towards Lei Chau Peninsula.
03-September-2023:
01:00 A.M Typhoon Saola has weakened to be a tropical depression in the area of the Lei Chau Island, Guangdong Province (China) with sustained winds of 39-61kph. The projected path in the next 6 hours is wsw.
13:00 The tropical depression, weakened Saola, has weakened further to be a low pressure air trough to the west of the Lei Chau Peninsula. This is the last update on Typhoon Saola.
