Tropical storm Sanba loses strength, unlikely to impact Vietnam
VOV.VN - Tropical storm Sanba weakened into a tropical depression in the western part of China’s Lei-zhou peninsula on October 20 afternoon, with winds gusting 81kph at its centre, reported the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
In the coming hours, the tropical depression is moving south-southwest, and continuing to lose strength after interacting with a cold air wave from the north.
As Sanba is moving far away from Vietnam, it will unlikely threaten the country’s mainland, said weather experts.
However, it is still bringing heavy rain and causing rough seas in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin.
Sanba is the fifth storm that has hit the East Sea this year. The two previous storms, Koinu and Sao La, entered the East Sea and headed north, but did not impact Vietnam.
It is forecasted that another storm or tropical depression may form in the East Sea in late October.
