November 2016 Vietnam tropical depression
| Tropical depression (JMA scale) | |
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The tropical depression near the southern coast of Vietnam on November 4
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| Formed | November 3, 2016 |
| Dissipated | November 6, 2016 |
| Highest winds |
10-minute sustained: 55 km/h (35 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 1004 hPa (mbar); 29.65 inHg |
| Fatalities | 15 confirmed, 6 missing |
| Damage | $48 million (2016 USD) |
| Areas affected | Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand |
| Part of the 2016 Pacific typhoon season | |
The November 2016 Vietnam tropical depression caused heavy flooding throughout central and southern Vietnam. Forming out from a low-pressure system on November 3, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) began monitoring it as a tropical depression. With favorable conditions aloft and an increase of organization, the JMA predicted that it had a chance of becoming a tropical storm while the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) in the same time issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on November 4. Due to its proximity to land and an circulation displaced from the deep convection, both the JMA and the JTWC canceled their warnings as it made landfall over in Southern Vietnam. The system continued moving westward over land and the JMA stopped tracking on the system on November 6.
Although the system did not reach tropical storm intensity, the system helped worsen the effects from the flooding that occurred during mid October. Reports after the storm had stated that a total of 15 people were dead while 6 are still missing. Large areas of cropland were inundated by the waters and numerous homes were damaged. Damages from the system were estimated at ₫1.07 trillion ($48 million USD). Some say that Vietnam had its worst flooding since 2011.
On November 3, the JMA started to track a tropical depression with winds of 55 km/h (35 mph) that had just formed as an area of low pressure off the coast of Malaysia. By November 4, the JTWC started to track the disturbance, as it was located about 343 km (185 nmi) east of Ho Chi Minh City, since the system had a rapidly consolidating center with flaring convection. At that time, the depression was located in an area of low to moderate wind shear, very warm sea-surface temperatures and good divergence aloft.
Later that day, the JMA had analysed that the tropical depression had reached its maximum intensity with a minimum barometric pressure of 1004 hPa (29.65 inHg). Just before November 5, the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert (TCFA), while located atop of warm waters with temperatures of approximately 29 °C (84.2 °F). However, the next day, the JTWC cancelled their alert, as the system was weakening and nearing land, while increasing wind shear did not favor development. The depression made landfall over in Bình Thuận and Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu in Southern Vietnam and continued moving westwards. The JMA stopped monitoring on the system over land early on November 6.
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