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Typhoon Linfa (Typhoon # 6) made landfall in central Vietnam on October 11, causing a disaster of flooding, flash floods and landslides in the central region. – Photo: Quoc Quoc Family Meteorological and Hydrological Forecasting Center
Vietnam’s General Department of Meteorology and Hydrology has just submitted a document to the International Hurricane Commission on a proposal to remove the name Lymph Storm from the list of storm names used to name storms in the Pacific Northwest. and waters of Southeast Asia.
Typhoon Linfa, designated by Macao, China, was used to name the storms that formed in 2003, 2009 and 2015. Tropical Storm Linfa (Typhoon No. 6) formed in the mid-South China Sea from 9 to 10 and landed in central Vietnam around 10 a.m. from 11 to 10.
Due to the impact of heavy rains during and after Typhoon Linfa, they caused flooding, flash flooding, and landslides that heavily affected the entire central region of Vietnam.
Statistics, damage assessment, the impact of Typhoon Lymph made 148 people died and disappeared, 1,009 houses collapsed and 121,694 houses were flooded, causing great damage to people and property in the Central region.
About 1,418ha of rice and 7,871ha of crops were damaged, hundreds of thousands of livestock and birds died en masse, causing serious damage to the agricultural economy in the Central region.
Military forces searching for workers buried by floods and landslides in the Rao Trang hydroelectric area 3 – Photo: NHAT LINH
In order to share in the enormous loss and loss of life and property of people in the flooded areas during the disaster caused by Typhoon Linfa, Vietnam’s General Department of Meteorology and Hydrology has proposed to the International Hurricane Commission to consider removing the name Lymph from the list of storm names used to name storms in the Pacific Northwest and Southeast. ASIAN.
This is the third time that Vietnam has carried out a proposal to remove the name of the storm in order to share the loss with the families and relatives of the victims who have died and are still missing due to the serious consequences of the storm.
In accordance with the regulations approved by the Hurricane Committee at the 31st session of the Storm Commission held in 1998 in the Philippines, the National Meteorological and Hydrological Agencies that are members of the Hurricane Committee will be asked to name the storm and be the right to propose the removal of one or more storm names from the list of storm names if the named hurricane causes serious devastating consequences or for some other reason.
The proposal to remove the name of Typhoon Linfa will be reviewed and approved at the next annual meeting in 2021. If approved, the member from Macao (China) will select three new storm names and nominate for the next annual session in 2022 for the Storm Committee select and approve a new storm name.
