In the early 1960’s, a Typhoon name was not recorded for one that hit the Laem Talumpuk area located in Nakhon Si
Thammarat province. This event was not announced in advance, hence it devastated human life and utilities. In 1989,
Typhoon Gay originated in the southern part of GoT as a depression and then strengthened quickly to become a tropical
storm. Typhoon Gay caused storm surge and enormous damage on the coast of Chumphon province and neighboring
areas. Typhoon Linda in 1997 also caused a storm surge. Typhoon Linda, which formed in a westward pattern in the
SCS, was one of the worst storms to hit Vietnam. Southern Vietnam was devastated by Typhoon Linda during the first
two days of November 1997. The rapid development of the storm in the East Sea not far from the Vietnamese coast