5   h Pa ▁( m bar ). ▁The ▁center ▁of ▁Els ie ▁crossed ▁the ▁Philipp ine ▁coast line ▁at ▁around ▁ 0 3 0 0   UTC ▁on ▁October   1 9 . ▁ ▁Rap id ▁weak ening ▁took ▁place ▁as ▁the ▁storm ▁moved ▁over ▁the ▁mountain ous ▁terrain ▁of ▁northern ▁Lu zon . ▁R ough ly ▁nine ▁hours ▁after ▁crossing ▁the ▁coast line , ▁Els ie ▁was ▁down grad ed ▁to ▁a ▁tropical ▁storm . ▁The ▁weak ened ▁storm ▁continued ▁its ▁west ward ▁track ▁as ▁it ▁entered ▁the ▁South ▁China ▁Sea ▁along ▁a ▁mon so onal ▁sur ge . ▁This ▁sur ge ▁also ▁helped ▁to ▁keep ▁Els ie ▁as ▁a ▁tropical ▁storm ▁due ▁to ▁increased ▁wind ▁she ar ▁over ▁the ▁northern ▁portion ▁of ▁the ▁cy clone . ▁The ▁J MA , ▁unlike ▁the ▁J TW C , ▁did ▁not ▁down grade ▁Els ie ▁to ▁a ▁tropical ▁storm ▁until ▁October   2 1 . ▁Fail ing ▁to ▁re - int ens ify , ▁Els ie ▁eventually ▁made ▁land fall ▁in ▁central ▁Vietnam ▁on ▁October   2 2 ▁and ▁deg ener ated ▁into ▁a ▁rem nant - low ▁pressure ▁system ▁early ▁the ▁following ▁day . ▁The ▁rem n ants ▁of ▁Els ie ▁were ▁monitor ed ▁by ▁the ▁J TW C ▁on ▁satellite ▁imag ery ▁for ▁a ▁short ▁time ▁until ▁the ▁former ▁ty ph oon ▁diss ip ated ▁over ▁La os . ▁ ▁Imp act ▁and ▁after math ▁During ▁the ▁storm , ▁roughly ▁ 5 0 , 5 0 0 ▁people ▁sought ▁refuge ▁in