Tropical Storm Sinlaku (2020)
Tropical Storm Sinlaku at peak intensity, approaching Vietnam on August 2 | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | July 31, 2020 |
| Dissipated | August 3, 2020 |
| Tropical storm | |
| 10-minute sustained (JMA) | |
| Highest winds | 75 km/h (45 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 985 hPa (mbar); 29.09 inHg |
| Tropical storm | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | |
| Highest winds | 85 km/h (50 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 989 hPa (mbar); 29.21 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 4 total |
| Damage | $12.9 million (2020 USD) |
| Areas affected | Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos |
| IBTrACS | |
Part of the 2020 Pacific typhoon season | |
Tropical Storm Sinlaku was a weak tropical cyclone that impacted Vietnam, Thailand and Laos in early August 2020. Beginning as a tropical depression on July 31 in the South China Sea, Sinlaku was the fifth storm of the 2020 Pacific typhoon season. It gradually organized as it took a slow west-northwest course, strengthening into a tropical storm the following day despite its monsoonal structure. The storm subsequently made landfall in Vietnam as a broad but weak tropical storm. Persistent land interaction weakened Sinlaku, leading to its dissipation on August 3.
Sinlaku brought heavy monsoonal rains to much of Southeast Asia, especially to Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. Two people were killed in Vietnam, and two people were killed in Thailand.