&sq=&lang=&file=File:Toraji_2018-11-17_0550Z.jpg) Tropical Storm Toraji nearing landfall in Vietnam on November 17 | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | November 16, 2018 |
| Dissipated | November 18, 2018[nb 1] |
| Tropical storm | |
| 10-minute sustained (JMA) | |
| Highest winds | 65 km/h (40 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 1004 hPa (mbar); 29.65 inHg |
| Tropical depression | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | |
| Highest winds | 55 km/h (35 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 1000 hPa (mbar); 29.53 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 32 total |
| Damage | $53.9 million (2018 USD) |
| Areas affected | Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand |
| IBTrACS | |
Part of the 2018 Pacific typhoon season | |
Tropical Storm Toraji was a weak, short-lived system that impacted Vietnam in November 2018. Forming as the twenty-seventh named storm of the 2018 Pacific typhoon season, Toraji developed as a tropical depression to the southeast of Vietnam on November 16. Quickly organising, the system strengthened into a tropical storm the next day. Toraji rapidly weakened thereafter early on November 18, when the storm made landfall over southeastern Vietnam, later dissipating. The storm's remnants moved into the Gulf of Thailand when Toraji re-organised back into a tropical depression on November 20. However Toraji quickly deteriorated on the same day as it moved closer to the Malay Peninsula.
Despite being a weak storm, Toraji brought heavy rainfall which lead to flash flooding and landslides, mostly in the southern provinces of Vietnam. This resulted in a total of 32 people dead, with the majority of them being in the Khanh Hoa province. Damages were toppled up to ₫1.24 billion (US$53.9 million).
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