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Typhoon Molave
, known in the
Philippines
as
Typhoon Quinta
, was a powerful
typhoon
that impacted the Philippines and later
Vietnam
in October 2020, becoming the strongest to strike Vietnam since
Typhoon Damrey
in 2017.
[1]
The eighteenth
named storm
and eighth
typhoon
of the
2020 Pacific typhoon season
, Molave started from a
tropical depression
that formed on October 23 east of
Palau
.
At 15:00 UTC the next day, the depression was upgraded into Tropical Storm Molave as it moved northwestward. Molave soon became a typhoon on October 25 as it turned west, shortly before making
landfall
on the
San Miguel Island
in
Albay
, with another in
Malinao
,
San Andres
,
Torrijos
and
Pola
.
[2]
After striking the Philippines, Molave entered the
South China Sea
and began to become more violent. Molave strengthened into a powerful Category 3 typhoon later that day, before weakening again as it approached Vietnam. The typhoon struck Vietnam on October 28, before rapidly weakening as it headed further into Indochina.
