Early the next day the JMA reported that Mekkhala had intensifed in to a severe tropical storm, however within their next advisory the JMA downgraded Mekkhala to a tropical storm as Mekkhala had made landfall on northern Vietnam during the previous three hours.
Early the next day the JMA reported that Mekkhala had intensifed in to a severe tropical storm and reached its peak wind speeds of 50kts. However within their next advisory the JMA downgraded Mekkhala to a tropical storm as Mekkhala had made landfall on northern Vietnam during the previous three hours.