Tropical Storm Wipha made landfall in northern Vietnam on Tuesday, bringing strong winds and heavy rain to parts of the country’s north and central regions. The storm came ashore at 10 a.m. with maximum sustained winds of 102 kilometers per hour (63 mph),

HANOI: Typhoon Wipha (designated as Typhoon No.3 in Vietnam) has caused widespread destruction across several northern and north-central provinces, damaging hundreds of homes, submerging over 119,000ha of rice paddies and triggering multiple dyke incidents.

The tropical cyclone made landfall in mainland China late Sunday afternoon with winds near to those of a Category 1 Atlantic hurricane.

Typhoon Wipha slammed ashore along the southern Chinese coast Sunday evening, after drenching Hong Kong and Macau with heavy rain and whipping wind, the Guangdong meteorological service said.

Storms drenched southern parts of the Chinese mainland on Monday, triggering warnings of flash floods and landslides, a day after Typhoon Wipha pounded Hong Kong.

Typhoon Wipha has toppled trees and caused major flight disruptions in Hong Kong and at some nearby airports in China as it moved west off the country’s southern coast.

La tormenta tropical Wipha tocó tierra el martes en el norte de Vietnam y llevó fuertes vientos y lluvias intensas a partes de las

Wipha, a Thai name, passed over the Philippines at tropical storm strength and drenched parts of Taiwan on Saturday. In the Philippines, the storm intensified seasonal monsoon rains, leaving at least a villager dead in floodwaters in northern Cagayan province.

Tropical Storm Wipha has thrown air travel into disarray across Southeast Asia. The storm, which began as a low-pressure system off the coast of the Philippines, has grown stronger and now affects five countries: the Philippines,