Tropical Storm Gaemi (2012)

Severe Tropical Storm Gaemi, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Marce, was an erratic tropical cyclone that affected the Philippines and Vietnam in early October 2012. The twentieth named storm of the annual typhoon season, Gaemi originated as an area of convection over the central South China Sea on September 29. The system went northeastward and slowly gaining strength. On October 1, the depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Gaemi as it turned southeastward. Gaemi briefly attained severe tropical storm status on October 3, but weakened back to a tropical storm later that day. On the next day, Gaemi turned west-southwest and continued to slowly weakened. The storm made landfall in southern Vietnam on October 6 and weakened to a tropical depression shortly after landfall, before dissipating on the next day over Cambodia.

As Gaemi meandered over the West Philippine Sea, it enhanced the southwest monsoon and brought rainfall to western Luzon and caused flooding. Storm surge in the region damaged houses and flooded bridges. Gaemi then struck southern Vietnam as a minimal tropical storm, and brought strong winds and heavy rainfall. Landslides occurred in Phú Yên province and blocked roads and bridges. The South Central Coast suffered from extensive crop damage. In total, Gaemi killed six people and left one other missing. Damage related to the storm accumulated US$4.12 million (2012 USD).