page_title: Tropical Storm Talas (2017)
hierarchical_section_title: Tropical Storm Talas (2017)
caption_attribution_description: English: Severe Tropical Storm Talas approaching Vietnam on July 16, 2017.
context_page_description: Severe Tropical Storm Talas was a tropical cyclone that impacted Vietnam during mid July 2017. Talas was first tracked as a tropical disturbance over in the South China Sea on July 13, and was upgraded to a tropical depression during the next day. The depression intensified into the fourth named storm of the 2017 Pacific typhoon season during July 15. Before making landfall in Vietnam, Talas reached its peak intensity as a severe tropical storm during July 16. Talas weakened to an area of low pressure on July 17 inland.
  Throughout Vietnam, the storm killed 14 people and damaged around 2,700 houses. Rough seas sunk about 50 boats. Nearly 50,000 ha of vegetable fields, about 800 ha of aquaculture, and 47,600 ha of rice and subsidiary crops were damaged. Damage was estimated at 1.6 trillion₫.
context_section_description: Severe Tropical Storm Talas was a tropical cyclone that impacted Vietnam during mid July 2017. Talas was first tracked as a tropical disturbance over in the South China Sea on July 13, and was upgraded to a tropical depression during the next day. The depression intensified into the fourth named storm of the 2017 Pacific typhoon season during July 15. Before making landfall in Vietnam, Talas reached its peak intensity as a severe tropical storm during July 16. Talas weakened to an area of low pressure on July 17 inland.
  Throughout Vietnam, the storm killed 14 people and damaged around 2,700 houses. Rough seas sunk about 50 boats. Nearly 50,000 ha (123,600 acres) of vegetable fields, about 800 ha (1,980 acres) of aquaculture, and 47,600 ha (118,000 acres) of rice and subsidiary crops were damaged. Damage was estimated at 1.6 trillion₫ (US$70.4 million).
caption: Severe Tropical Storm Talas near peak intensity and approaching Vietnam on July 16
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