Typhoon Krosa is beginning to pull away from the Philippines‘ northern Luzon Island on Friday, local time, as it heads in a westerly direction toward Vietnam this weekend.
Damaging winds, flooding rain, and a large storm surge all plagued Luzon Island thanks to the passage of Typhoon Krosa. Aparri, a community along the northern coast of Luzon, recorded a peak wind gust of 107 kph (67 mph) as well as over a foot of rain.
The strongest impacts from Krosa remained to the north of the Philippines capitol city of Manila.
According to Accuweather.com Meteorologist Eric Wanenchak, “125-250 mm (5-10 inches) of rainfall is expected across northern Luzon through Friday as Krosa passes over the area from east to west.” This amount of rainfall will produce flooding problems and potential mudslides.
This satellite, courtesy of NOAA, captured Krosa as it was making landfall on Luzon late Thursday.
Some rain associated with Krosa will also spread over eastern Taiwan through Friday, threatening to hinder earthquake cleanup efforts.
While the interaction with Luzon will cause some weakening, Krosa will still be a typhoon when it reaches the South China Sea on Friday.
Krosa will then remain over open water through the weekend, tracking as if it is heading toward Hong Kong through Saturday before curving to the southwest away from mainland China by Sunday.
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Also later in the weekend, Krosa will weaken to a tropical storm as it loses a battle with disruptive wind shear and cooler water.
That weakening trend could continue early next week as Krosa grazes or bypasses eastern Hainin Island before moving into central Vietnam and southern Laos.
It is possible that Krosa is a tropical depression or rainstorm at its final landfall, but could still be accompanied by heavy rain and flash flooding problems.
AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Eric Leister contributed to the content of this story.
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