Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for SAUDEL-26 in Japan from 18 Aug 2026 12:00 UTC to 20 Aug 2026 18:00 UTC

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Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for SAUDEL-26

in Japan

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone SAUDEL-26 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	TC 1001305
Name	SAUDEL-26
From - To	18 Aug - 20 Aug
Exposed countries	Japan
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	222 km/h Category 4
Maximum storm surge	0.4 m (22 Aug 03:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	Low (Japan)

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
GDACS JTWC	222 km/h	0.4 m	n.a.	0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF	216 km/h	0.7 m	766 mm	0.5
GFS	184 km/h	0.8 m	1076 mm	0.5
ECMWF	176 km/h	0.7 m	438 mm	0.5

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