Typhoon Wipha, China
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Typhoon Wipha started building up at sea before hitting Hong Kong and China and making its way towards Vietnam. Video credit: CSU/CIRA & JMA/JAXA
Intense flooding rainfall, powerful winds and large waves impacted Hong Kong and southern China on Sunday as Typhoon Wipha crossed the region.
Storm No. 3, internationally known as Typhoon Wipha, passed north of China’s Leizhou Peninsula on the morning of July 21 and entered the northern Gulf of Tonkin, posing a growing threat to Vietnam’s northern and north-central coastal regions,