Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for KHANUN-12 in Korea, Republic of,Japan from 16 Jul 2012 12:00 UTC to 17 Jul 2012 18:00 UTC

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Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for KHANUN-12

in Korea, Republic of,Japan

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone KHANUN-12 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	TC 31357
Name	KHANUN-12
From - To	16 Jul - 19 Jul
Exposed countries	Korea, Republic of,Japan
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	101 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge	1.4 m (18 Jul 15:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	Low (South Korea)

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
JRC	n.a	1.4 m	n.a.	0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF	n.a	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
GFS	n.a	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
ECMWF	n.a	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.

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Typhoon Khanun leaves one dead in S. Korea 7/20/2012 6:44:00 AM.

Typhoon Khanun dumped heavy rains on South Korea Thursday morning, leaving one dead, tens of thousands of households without electricity and major transportation systems at a halt before it subsided i .....

Khanun fait deux morts et provoque des dégâts matériels 7/19/2012 11:11:00 AM.

[Intérieur] : Le septième typhon de l’année, Khanun, a causé des dégâts corporels et matériels un peu ... [more...]

Typhoon Khanun Dies out, Typhoon Alert Lifted 7/19/2012 7:57:00 AM.

[Domestic] : Typhoon Khanun has died out after passing northeast through the central part of the Korean Peninsula on Thursday afternoon. [more...]

Tropical storm Khanun struck South Korea at about 18:00 GMT on 18 July.. 7/19/2012 5:34:00 AM.

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:59 GMT Source: Content partner // Tropical Storm Risk Tropical storm Khanun struck South Korea at about 18:00 GMT on 18 July.Data supplied by theUS Navy and Air Force Joint Typhoon Warning Centersuggest that the point of

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