Tropical storm to threaten China, Vietnam late this week after striking the Philippines

After sweeping through the northern Philippines, Jenny (Podul) now has its sights set on China and Vietnam later this week.

The storm, which is known as Jenny in the Philippines, pushed across eastern Luzon on Tuesday and Tuesday night, local time. Jenny weakened to a tropical depression while just off the coast during Tuesday night, but has since regained tropical storm status since emerging in the South China Sea.

The tropical cyclone has been given the name Podul by the Japan Meteorological Agency. This will also be the name used in other countries across eastern Asia.

As the storm continues to track westward across the South China Sea, conditions will continue to improve across the Philippines.

However, a second tropical system is expected to develop in the Philippine Sea later this week and may track across the northern Philippines this weekend, bringing another round of flooding.

Concerns are shifting to locations from northern Vietnam to southeastern China for impacts from Podul late this week and weekend.

The tropical cyclone is expected may reach typhoon status prior to reaching land for a second time.

A general west to west-northwestward track during this time will take the storm near or just south of Hainan, China, and then into northern Vietnam and northern Laos.

Landfall is possible in Hainan on Friday, followed by another landfall in northern Vietnam on Saturday.

The exact track of the storm will determine where the worst impacts occur, but locations from Hainan through the southern coast of Guangxi in China and from the border of China and Vietnam southward to Da Nang should be on alert for potential impacts from the storm.

Locations hardest hit by the storm can expect significant flooding and the risk of damaging winds and mudslides.

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