Wutip, the first storm arising in the East Sea so far this year, has caused widespread flooding, landslides, and infrastructure damage in central localities, prompting them to take urgent response measures.
Philippine authorities reported on November 18 that Typhoon Man-yi killed at least eight people and injured three others after landing in the country over the weekend.
Localities in the central region have been taking actions in response to impacts of Storm Trami which made landfall in the early afternoon of October 27.
Four Southeast Asian nations – Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, and Indonesia – are sending assistance to the Philippines to support its ongoing recovery efforts after Typhoon Trami.
The Philippines has suspended government operations, closed schools, and halted foreign exchange transactions at its central bank as a tropical storm named Trami is approaching the eastern coast of Luzon.
The northern localities of Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Thai Binh, Nam Dinh, and Ninh Binh are predicted to be most heavily impacted by Typhoon Yagi, the third to enter the East Sea this year and considered the strongest hitting the Gulf of Tonkin in a decade, Deputy Director of the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Hoang Phuc Lam has said.
One person was killed and three others were injured as a rainstorm toppled a centuries-old tree in the Angkor Archaeological Park in northwest Cambodia's Siem Reap province on July 23, reported the provincial authority.
The Standing Office of the National Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Control and the Office of the National Committee for Natural Disaster Response and Search and Rescue on May 31 sent an official dispatch to authorities from the northern province of Quang Ninh province to the central province of Ha Tinh, requesting them to monitor storm Maliksi and prepare response measures.
A storm has hit Bokeo province in northern Laos, knocking down electricity poles and affecting power supply in the province’s Huayxai and Tonpheung districts, the Lao National Television reported on May 8.
Talim, the first storm to hit Vietnam this year, made landfall along Vietnam's border with China and weakened into a tropical depression at about 4pm on July 18, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF).
National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has rescheduled international flights on July 17 due to storm Talim, the first of its kind forecast to hit Vietnam this year.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has hailed the political system, Party Committee, administration, people and armed forces in the central city of Da Nang for making all-out efforts to overcome consequences caused by recent storm and floods.
Storm Ma-on is predicted to enter the East Sea and continue intensifying in the next 24 - 48 hours, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
The East Sea is likely to record the third storm this year after a tropical depression in the east of the Philippines’ Luzon Island strengthens and moves in the next one or two days, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
Localities in northern Vietnam, particularly coastal ones, are being warned to brace for heavy rain triggered by tropical storm Mulan, the second storm entering the East Sea this year, which is heading towards the area from Quang Ninh province to Hai Phong city.
