&sq=&lang=&file=File:Bebinca_2018-08-16_0545Z_(alternate).jpg) Tropical Storm Bebinca near peak intensity approaching Vietnam on August 16 | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | August 9, 2018 |
| Dissipated | August 17, 2018 |
| Tropical storm | |
| 10-minute sustained (JMA) | |
| Highest winds | 85 km/h (50 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 985 hPa (mbar); 29.09 inHg |
| Tropical storm | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | |
| Highest winds | 110 km/h (70 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 979 hPa (mbar); 28.91 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 19 total |
| Damage | $391 million (2018 USD) |
| Areas affected | South China, Vietnam, Laos |
| IBTrACS | |
Part of the 2018 Pacific typhoon season | |
Tropical Storm Bebinca was a weak but erratic and long-lived tropical cyclone that affected South China and Vietnam in mid-August 2018. Bebinca originated from a tropical depression over the South China Sea on August 9. Maintaining this intensity for a few days near the Guangdong coast, the system finally intensified into a tropical storm south of Jiangmen on August 13. The storm moved slowly to the east and then curved back on the next day, before making landfall in the Leizhou Peninsula on August 15. Bebinca crossed the Gulf of Tonkin and made landfall in Vietnam on August 16, before dissipated on the next day.
In China, 6 people were dead and the economic losses by the storm reached ¥2.31 billion (US$333 million).[1] In Vietnam, Bebinca killed 13 people. Moderate damage to agriculture and infrastructure were reported in Northern Vietnam, with heavy rains caused multiple landslides and blocked the road. Total damage in Vietnam were over ₫1.34 trillion (US$57.6 million).[2]