Dissipation of Tropical Storm Cecil

Date: May 26, 1989 • Location: Huyện Hiệp Đức, Viet Nam

Tropical Storm Cecil dissipated over Laos after devastating Quảng Nam province, Vietnam, and causing the deaths of 751 people.

Severe Tropical Storm Cecil was a deadly and destructive typhoon that caused devastating floods in central Vietnam which killed 751 people in May of 1989. The storm developed as a tropical depression over the South China Sea on May 22. Tracking north-northwestward, the system steadily intensified, attaining peak winds of 110 km/h (68 mph). The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) assessed Cecil to have been slightly stronger with one-minute sustained winds of 140 km/h (87 mph). The storm made landfall near Hội An, Vietnam early on May 25 and quickly weakened. The system later dissipated over Laos on May 26.