Tropical Storm Mirinae (2016)

Severe Tropical Storm Mirinae

Tropical Storm Mirinae approaching Vietnam on July 27
Meteorological history
Formed	July 25, 2016
Dissipated	July 28, 2016
Severe tropical storm
10-minute sustained (JMA)
Highest winds	100 km/h (65 mph)
Lowest pressure	980 hPa (mbar); 28.94 inHg
Category 1-equivalent typhoon
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC)
Highest winds	120 km/h (75 mph)
Lowest pressure	974 hPa (mbar); 28.76 inHg
Overall effects
Fatalities	7 total
Damage	$381 million (2016 USD)
Areas affected	South China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand
IBTrACS
Part of the 2016 Pacific typhoon season

Severe Tropical Storm Mirinae (pronounced [mi.ɾi.nɛ̝]) was a tropical cyclone of moderate intensity that struck Hainan Island, China and Northern Vietnam in late July 2016. The third named storm of the annual typhoon season, Mirinae formed on July 25, 2016 as a tropical depression west of Luzon, Philippines. On July 26, it moved west-northwestwards, and it had intensified into a tropical storm before making landfall on Hainan Island, China. After passing over Hainan, it intensified into a severe tropical storm and made landfall over the Red River Delta in Northern Vietnam late on July 27, and dissipated the next day.

In Hainan, economic losses reached US$56.9 million. In Vietnam, by July 29, the storm had left five people dead and five others missing. Severe damage to infrastructure was reported in Northern Vietnam, with damage to power lines causing blackouts and power cuts in some areas. Mirinae also sank 12 boats, destroyed the roofs of 1,425 houses and uprooted about 5,000 trees.^[1] Total damage in Vietnam reached US$323.9 million.^[2][3]