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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Trami_2024-10-26_0540Z.jpg) Trami at its initial peak intensity on October 26 | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | October 19, 2024 |
| Severe tropical storm | |
| 10-minute sustained (JMA) | |
| Highest winds | 110 km/h (70 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 970 hPa (mbar); 28.64 inHg |
| Tropical storm | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | |
| Highest winds | 110 km/h (70 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 978 hPa (mbar); 28.88 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 113+ |
| Injuries | 74+ |
| Missing | 42+ |
| Damage | >$152 million (2024 USD) |
| Areas affected | Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos |
| IBTrACS | |
Part of the 2024 Pacific typhoon season | |
Severe Tropical Storm Trami, known in the Philippines as Severe Tropical Storm Kristine, is currently an active tropical cyclone moving inland in Vietnam after causing deadly impacts in the Philippines in October 2024. The twentieth named storm of the annual typhoon season, Trami developed into a low-pressure area and later into a tropical depression west of Guam on October 19, moving westward along the southern periphery. After entering the Philippine Area of Responsibility, PAGASA named the depression Kristine on October 20. The storm was embedded within a larger trough that extended from the Philippine Islands eastward almost to Guam. Early the next day, satellite imagery showed that the depression was exposed, displaying elongated circulation and convective bands wrapping around its center. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) upgraded the system to a tropical storm, naming it Trami, as spiral bands of deep convection formed around the low-level circulation, while Trami's central dense overcast (CDO) became sheared and displaced from its central circulation. By October 23, the JMA reported that Trami had intensified into a severe tropical storm as it moved west-northwestward and made landfall in Divilacan, Isabela. The following day, Trami emerged over the coastal waters of southern Ilocos Sur, with surface observations and radar data indicating a lee-side jump that left the remnants of its circulation center over Northern Luzon while mid-level rotation shifted into the eastern South China Sea; later, satellite imagery revealed a consolidating CDO, indicating a well-defined circulation with most deep convection located to the south. By late October 26, both the JMA and Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) reported that Trami had reached its peak intensity, with sustained winds of 110 km/h (70 mph) over 10 and 1-minute intervals, and a central pressure of 970 hPa (28.64 inHg). Trami encountered strong easterly vertical wind shear as it approached the coast of Vietnam, causing its core convection to become more linear. The following day, the storm made landfall in Thua Thien-Hue and Da Nang and was drifting slowly inland while moving southwestward.
PAGASA forecast that the wind flow directed towards the storm will bring strong to gale-force winds to several regions in the Philippines, prompting the issuance of Tropical Cyclone Wind Signals for various areas. A red alert warning has been specifically issued for the Bicol Region, the Cordillera Administrative Region, and the Ilocos Region, while officials from Batanes and Ilocos Norte have expressed concerns about potential further damage to their provinces, as they are still recovering from Typhoon Krathon in 2024. In Daet, Camarines Norte, PAGASA recorded 528.5 mm (20.81 in) of rain from Trami, marking the highest 24-hour rainfall since the 1920s and surpassing the previous record of 507.5 mm (19.98 in) set in December 2000. Overall, Trami was responsible for 113 deaths, with 42 people reported missing and 74 others injured, causing approximately US$152 million in damages in the Philippines and Vietnam.