Tropical Storm Nangka Makes Landfall in Vietnam

Tropical Storm Nangka made landfall on the coast of northern Vietnam on Wednesday morning.  Nangka weakened to a tropical depression after the center moved over land.  At 8:00 a.m. EDT on Wednesday the center of Tropical Depression Nangka was located at latitude 20.0°N and longitude 105.0°E which put it about 80 miles (130 km) southwest of Hanoi, Vietnam.  Nangka was moving toward the west at 12 m.p.h. (19 km/h).  The maximum sustained wind speed was 35 m.p.h. (55 km/h) and there were wind gusts to 45 m.p.h. (75 km/h).  the minimum surface pressure was 1002 mb.

The center of Tropical Storm Nangka made landfall on the coast of Vietnam about 70 miles (110 km) southeast of Hanoi on Wednesday morning.  Nangka brought gusty winds and heavy rain to the northern coast of Vietnam.  Nangka quickly weakened to a tropical depression when it moved westward over northern VIetnam.  Bands of showers and thunderstorms dropped locally heavy rain over parts of northern Vietnam.

Tropical Depression Nangka will continue to move toward the west until the circulation spins down over northern Laos on Thursday.  Nangka will continue to drop locally heavy rain over parts of northern Vietnam and northern Laos during the next 24 hours.  Heavy rain could cause flash floods in some locations.