21-July-2024:
07:00 A.M The tropical depression which forms in the East Vietnam Sea strengthened to be a typhoon with sustained winds of 62-74kph. The projected path is wnw covering 10-15kph. The path of Typhoon No. 2 is to be changed by another typhoon in Japan which is forecast to push the one in Vietnam further west.
13:00 hours: The typhoon, which is internationally coded Prapiroon (named after a Thai rain god), west of the Hoang Sa Islands (Paracel Islands) carrying sustained winds of 62-74kph. The projected path is wnw covering 10-15khp.
22-July-2024:
07:00 A.M Typhoon Prapiroon is in the area around the Hainan Island carrying sustained winds of 62-88kph. The projected path is nw covering 10-15khp.
10:00 A.M Typhoon Prapiroon is in the area east of the Gulf of Tonkin carrying sustained winds of 75-102kph. The projected path is nw covering 10-15khp.
12:00 hours Boat cruises on the Halong Bay and the Lan Ha Bay are halted due to possible impact by Typhoon Prapiroon.
15:00 hours: Typhoon Prapiroon is 100km east of the Bach Long Vy Island (Hai Phong Province, Vietnam) with sustained winds of 89-102khp. The projected path is nw covering 10khp. The typhoon is expected to make landfall in between Quang Ninh Province and Hai Phong City in later morning of 23-July-2024.
23-July-2024:
04:00 A.M Typhoon Prapiroon is in the sea area of Quang Ninh and Hai Phong Province with sustained winds of 62-88kph. The path is nw and the typhoon travels at the speed of 10kph.
06:30 A.M Typhoon Prapiroon makes landfall in the city of Mong Cai (Quang Ninh).
07:00 A.M Typhoon Prapiroon is in the coastal area of Quang Ninh and Hai Phong Province with sustained winds of 62-74kph. The projected path in the next 3 hours is nw with the speed of 10kph.
07:30 A.M Typhoon Prapiroon has weakened to be a tropical depression with sustained winds of 50-61kph. The projected path is wnw covering 5-10khp.
09:00 A.M The tropical depression is in Quang Ninh Province with sustained winds of 50-61kph.
13:00 hours The tropical depression has weakened further to be an air trough with sustained winds of less than 39kph in Lang Son Province and Quang Ninh Province. The air trough is projected to move westward before melting away. This is the final update of Typhoon Prapiroon, Typhoon No 2 in Vietnam in 2024.
