Storm Krovanh devolves back to tropical depression
By Phan Anh December 21, 2020 | 03:41 pm GMT+7
Satellite image of a tropical depression, formerly storm Krovanh, near Vietnamese shores, December 21, 2020. Photo courtesy of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
Storm Krovanh, the 14th storm to have entered the South China Sea this year, devolved back to a tropical depression Monday morning.
At around 10 a.m., the tropical depression was about 270 kilometers to the east-northeast of Alexandra Bank with a maximum wind speed of 60 kph, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
In the next 24 hours, the tropical depression is expected to move west-southwest at 10-15 kph. By 10 a.m. Tuesday, it would be about 100 kilometers to the west-northwest of the Alexandra Bank with a maximum wind speed of 50 kph.