Typhoon Wutip (2013)
Typhoon Wutip at peak intensity on September 29 | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | September 25, 2013 |
| Dissipated | October 1, 2013 |
| Typhoon | |
| 10-minute sustained (JMA) | |
| Highest winds | 120 km/h (75 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 965 hPa (mbar); 28.50 inHg |
| Category 3-equivalent typhoon | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | |
| Highest winds | 185 km/h (115 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 948 hPa (mbar); 27.99 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 27 total |
| Damage | $648 million (2013 USD) |
| Areas affected | Philippines, Hainan, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand |
| IBTrACS | |
Part of the 2013 Pacific typhoon season | |
Typhoon Wutip, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Paolo, was a Category 3 major typhoon that affected Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand in late September 2013. The nineteenth named storm and the fifth typhoon of the 2013 Pacific typhoon season. Wutip formed off the coast of Luzon on September 27, 2013. Being inside PAR, PAGASA named the disturbance Paolo which replaced the name Pepeng. JTWC later gave the identifier Tropical Depression 20W. Moving west-southwestward, the system intensified into a tropical storm, assigning the name Wutip. Wutip reached its peak intensity of a Category-3 major typhoon. On September 30, the storm made landfall on the provinces from Ha Tinh to Thua Thien Hue province of Vietnam, including Quang Binh the center of the storm.
Wutip killed at least 25 people in southeastern Asia and $648 million worth of damages during late September and early October.
The name "Wutip" (蝴蝶) proposed by Macau, meaning "butterfly" in Cantonese.