Mirinae floods Philippines, makes landfall in Vietnam with strong thunderstorms

NASA's Aqua saw Mirinae approach Vietnam

		IMAGE: NASA's Aqua satellite AIRS instrument captured Tropical Storm Mirinae Nov. 1 while it was tracking toward Vietnam for a final landfall. The infrared imagery still showed some high thunderstorms (purple),... Click here for more information.

Mirinae (Santi) caused 12 hours of flooding rains in the Philippines when it crossed the northern Luzon region over the weekend. On October 31 at 5 a.m. Local (Asia/Manila) Time (October 30 at 2100 UTC) Typhoon Mirinae weakened dramatically after it moved inland over central Luzon, the Philippines. By October 31 at 5 p.m. Local time, Mirinae had already reemerged into the South China Sea as a tropical storm and was headed for Vietnam, but it left behind floods, destruction and death. Mirinae made landfall in Vietnam early this morning, Eastern Time.