Tropical Storm Linfa

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Tropical Storm Linfa

Tropical Storm Linfa approaching Vietnam on October 11
Meteorological history
Formed	October 6, 2020
Dissipated	October 12, 2020
Tropical storm
10-minute sustained (JMA)
Highest winds	85 km/h (50 mph)
Lowest pressure	994 hPa (mbar); 29.35 inHg
Tropical storm
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC)
Highest winds	75 km/h (45 mph)
Lowest pressure	999 hPa (mbar); 29.50 inHg
Overall effects
Fatalities	138
Missing	27
Damage	$217 million (2020 USD)
Areas affected	Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar
IBTrACS / [1]
Part of the 2020 Pacific typhoon season

Tropical Storm Linfa was a weak, short-lived but deadly and destructive tropical cyclone that was the twelfth wettest tropical cyclone on record and the second of nine tropical cyclones in a row to strike Vietnam in 2020, a little under a month after the less damaging Tropical Storm Noul. The fifteenth named storm of the 2020 Pacific typhoon season, Linfa originated from a tropical depression which formed just to the west of the Philippines on October 6. After passing through the island nation, the storm emerged into the South China Sea and slowly gained strength, earning the name Linfa on October 10 on approach to Vietnam. On the next day, Linfa had reached peak strength and made landfall in Vietnam, marking the beginning of a devastating series of floods in the country and worsening the already active monsoon season. Linfa quickly dissipated as it moved inland, but associated thunderstorms continued for several days.

Linfa brought record breaking rainfall totals throughout much of the Indochinese Peninsula. 112 people were left dead in Vietnam, with 24 missing. An additional 25 people died in Cambodia and there was 1 killed in Laos with 3 missing. Damage totals throughout Vietnam reached up to US$217 million, or 4.9 trillion đồng. Linfa was also the second-deadliest storm of 2020, closely behind Hurricane Eta and the deadliest of the annual typhoon season.