&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Usagi_2001-08-09_0310Z.jpg) Tropical Storm Usagi over the South China Sea on August 9 | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | August 8, 2001 |
| Dissipated | August 11, 2001 |
| Tropical storm | |
| 10-minute sustained (JMA) | |
| Highest winds | 65 km/h (40 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 992 hPa (mbar); 29.29 inHg |
| Tropical storm | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | |
| Highest winds | 75 km/h (45 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 994 hPa (mbar); 29.35 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 176 total |
| Damage | $3.2 million (2001 USD) |
| Areas affected | Vietnam, Thailand, Laos |
| IBTrACS | |
Part of the 2001 Pacific typhoon season | |
Tropical Storm Usagi was a weak but deadly tropical cyclone that impacted Vietnam and Thailand on early-August 2001. The eighteenth tropical cyclone and the thirteenth named storm of the 2001 Pacific typhoon season, Usagi originated from an area of convection persisted over the South China Sea on August 8. Over low to moderate wind shear, it moved slowly to the west, strengthening to a tropical depression on the same day. Despite favorable conditions, upper-level easterlies inhibited the storm for further intensification while moving westward. However, the JMA, JTWC, and the CMA upgraded the system to a tropical storm, with the former naming it Usagi, shortly before making landfall on Ha Tinh, Vietnam on August 10. It weakened inland and was last noted over Thailand, the next day.[1]
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