Typhoon Kyle (1993)

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At 12:00 UTC on November 17, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center started to monitor a monsoon depression associated with a weak area of convection near Yap State. [1] The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) of Japan also started to mention the disturbance in their bulletins at that time. [2] The disturbance had blossoming convection around its disorganized low-level circulation center at that time. [2] It slowly moved to the west-northwest while slowly organizing, behind a favorable environment of low wind shear and warm sea surface temperatures. [3] Around 06:00 UTC of November 19, the JTWC started to mention the developing system in their Significant Tropical Weather Advisories, as the disturbance became well-defined in satellite imagery. [1] Roughly six hours later, the agency upgraded the system to a tropical depression without issuing a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert due to the system quickly developing. [1] At 18:00 UTC that day, the system attained a tight convective curvature, leading the JTWC to upgrade the system to a tropical storm and named it Kyle. [1] The JMA also issued their first advisory on Kyle as a tropical storm at the same time. [2] The system became slightly disorganized as it started to approach the Philippines due to wind shear, but still continued to organize despite the environment. [2]

Early the next day, it passed to the south of Homonhon Island while traversing Leyte Gulf before making landfall on Abuyog, Leyte between 03:00 and 06:00 UTC as a minimal storm, with 65 km/h (40 mph) winds. [2] [3] It then traversed the province before moving through Ormoc Bay, just before another landfall between 09:00 and 10:00 UTC on Merida, Leyte. [2] There, Kyle became highly disorganized while moving through the Visayas, although it remained a tropical storm. [2] The storm then crossed the coast near Bagay before arriving again in the Visayan Sea. [2] Landfall took place again on 18:00 UTC on Batad, Iloilo before crossing out on Sulu Sea, where it slightly strengthened. [2] It then passed between Busuanga and Culion Island in Palawan on 09:00 UTC of the next day, before heading out to the South China Sea. [2]

As Kyle moved again to a favorable environment, the system strengthened to a severe tropical storm before intensifying to a minimal typhoon, while located approximately 300 km, north-northwest of Nansha District. [3] A small and elongated eye also emerged at this time. [1] Early the next day, Kyle further strengthened to a mid-level typhoon and reached its peak intensity of 175 km/h (110 mph) and a minimum barometric pressure of 960 mbar, while approaching the coast of Vietnam on November 23. [3] [1] It held this intensity until it slightly weakened before its final landfall on the country, 380 km to the northeast of Ho Chi Minh City on the evening of the same day. [3] [2] A sustained wind speed of 40 m/s (144 km/h) was measured by a Vild anemometer (of Soviet origin and low accuracy [4] [5] ) at a weather station in Tuy Hòa, Phú Yên province. [6] The lowest barometric pressure recorded within the typhoon at this same station was 989.0 hPa (29.21 inHg). [6] It rapidly weakened as it traversed Vietnam before entering the nearby Cambodia as a tropical depression. [2] The last warning was issued by the JMA and JTWC as Kyle dissipated near the Cambodia-Thailand border on November 24. [3] [2] [1]

Preparations and impact

Philippines

Hundreds of individuals in Visayas were forced to flee due to Tropical Storm Kyle. [7]

The storm, despite weak, spawned numerous flash floods and landslides that flooded homes in Leyte, Samar and Cebu. [8] A fatality was reported in an unknown place when a 10-year old kid were electrocuted by a live wire. [8] There were also reported crop and farmland damages to the central part of the country. [9] In total, Kyle caused only minor damages, though the total damages and overall deaths were unknown due to sparse coverages. [10]

Vietnam

The Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control (CCFSC) issued typhoon watches and warnings to the coastal portions of the country and some residents were evacuated to safe places. [11]

Officials in Vietnam reported 106 deaths, 59 missing, and 476 injuries due to the typhoon. [12] [1] [13] Torrential downpour and strong winds destroyed 5,601 houses and submerged over 11,217 more. [11] Some schools also collapsed and bridges were washed out due to strong currents from overflowed rivers. [11] Over 17,212 hectares of farmlands were also destroyed and hundreds of fishing boats sustained damages. [11] [3]

The total damages from Kyle in the country were estimated at $1.5 million (1993 USD). [1]

Thailand

The remnants of the storm also caused floods in Thailand. [12] Some authorities in Nakhon Si Thammarat reported three fatalities, all for unknown reasons. [12]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "1993 Annual Tropical Cyclone Report" (PDF). Joint Typhoon Warning Center. 2021-04-08.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "IBTrACS - International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship". ibtracs.unca.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Tropical Cyclones in 1993" (PDF). Hong Kong Observatory . Retrieved April 4, 2021.
  4. "TỪNG BƯỚC ĐỔI MỚI PHƯƠNG TIỆN ĐO VÀ ĐÀO TẠO CÁN BỘ, GÓP PHẦN NÂNG CAO CHẤT LƯỢNG QUAN TRẮC THỜI TIẾT VÀ KHÍ HẬU" [Improving the Quality of Weather and Climate Observation through Phased Upgrades of Measurement Devices and Staff Training](PDF). Journal of Meteorology and Hydrology (in Vietnamese). Hanoi, Vietnam. 1994.
  5. "风仪换型前后风速资料的若干问题" [Several issues regarding wind speed data before and after the change in instrumentation]. Meteorological Science and Technology (in Chinese (China)). China. 1976.
  6. 1 2 Đặc điểm Khí tượng Thuỷ văn năm 1993 [1993 summary of Vietnam meteorology and hydrology](PDF) (in Vietnamese). Hanoi, Vietnam: National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. pp. 30–39. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 27, 2024.
  7. "Tropical Storms". Whitehorse Daily Star. 1993-11-26. p. 22. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
  8. 1 2 "Tropical Storms (2)". Calgary Herald. 1993-11-28. p. 19. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
  9. Cyclones Slam into the Philippines and Vietnam. The Bureau. 1993.
  10. Weekly Climate Bulletin. The Bureau. 1993.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "Viet Nam Typhoon Nov 1993 UNDHA Information Report 1 - Viet Nam". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
  12. 1 2 3 "Tropical Storms (3)". The Salt Lake Tribune. 1993-12-05. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
  13. "Typhoon leaves 13 dead". South Florida Sun Sentinel. 1993-12-10. p. 10. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
Typhoon Kyle (Luring)
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Typhoon Kyle at peak intensity, nearing landfall at Vietnam on November 23