Storm Ragasa Nears Vietnam After Soaking Southern China

Tropical Storm Ragasa is moving toward northern Vietnam, threatening to drench the capital of Hanoi with heavy rain, after weakening overnight as the system tracked across southern China.

The storm was near Beihai, packing maximum sustained winds of 75 kilometers (47 miles) per hour as of 9 a.m. local time, according to a forecast from the Hong Kong Observatory. The system tracked into the Gulf of Tonkin during the early hours on Thursday, and is currently skirting the Chinese coast.