Typhoon Krosa Targets Vietnam Next

By Kristina Pydynowski, Senior Meteorologist

November 2,2013; 8:34PM.EDT

 

 

Typhoon Krosa pulled away from the Philippines' northern Luzon Island on Friday, local time, as it headed in a westerly direction toward Vietnam.
Damaging winds, flooding rain, and a large storm surge all plagued Luzon Island thanks to the passage of Typhoon Krosa. Aparri, a community along the northern coast of Luzon, recorded a peak wind gust of 107 kph (67 mph) as well as over a foot of rain.
The strongest impacts from Krosa remained to the north of the Philippines capitol city of Manila, as less than 2 cms (1 inch) of rain fell for the city.

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While the interaction with Luzon caused some weakening, Krosa was still a typhoon late Saturday, local time, as it moved through the South China Sea, south of Hong Kong.
This satellite, courtesy of NOAA, captured Krosa as it was making landfall on Luzon late Thursday.
Krosa will remain over open water through the weekend, and starting to curve off to the southwest as it takes aim at Vietnam.
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Krosa is starting to weaken a bit, but remains a typhoon as it loses a battle with disruptive wind shear and cooler water.
That weakening trend could continue early next week as Krosa bypasses eastern Hainan Island before moving into central Vietnam and southern Laos.

It is possible that Krosa is a tropical depression or rainstorm at its final landfall, but could still be accompanied by heavy rain and flash flooding problems.
AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Eric Leister and Alan Reppert contributed to the content of this story.

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