Storm Wipha weakened into a tropical depression during the evening of August 2, causing heavy rains and severe damage to a number of large trees throughout Hanoi.

 Due to the affection of the southwestern monsoon, the region in the middle and south of the east sea (including Truong Sa archipelago) experiences strong wind, rough sea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Heavy rains and strong winds have flattened paddy fields in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta, making it difficult for farmers to harvest rice.

 Two people have been killed by a powerful typhoon which swept Taiwan on Monday night.

Powerful Typhoon Soudelor is battering Taiwan with strong winds and heavy rain, leaving at least four people dead. 

 Typhoon Kalmaegi has swept past Hong Kong, closing schools and disrupting flights as strong winds pounded the territory.

 Strong winds knocked out power and forced thousands of people to evacuate as Typhoon Rammasun hit the central Philippines.

 Hundreds of thousands of people have been urged to seek shelter as a powerful typhoon passes over Japan's Okinawa island chain.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Strong winds and heavy seas had isolated Ly Son Island for the past 10 days, 30km off the coast of the central province of Quang Ngai.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Storm Rumbia rumbled in north of China's Leizhou Peninsula this morning, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

 A powerful tornado attacked on Monday afternoon the southern suburbs of the Oklahoma City, capital of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, killing at least 51 people and injuring at least 140 others, including about 70 children.