Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for PAKHAR-12 in Vietnam from 29 Mar 2012 12:00 UTC to 01 Apr 2012 06:00 UTC

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Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for PAKHAR-12

in Vietnam

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	TC 29158
Name	PAKHAR-12
From - To	29 Mar - 01 Apr
Exposed countries	Vietnam
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	148 km/h Category 1
Maximum storm surge	0.5 m (01 Apr 10:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	High (Vietnam)

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
JRC	n.a	0.5 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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Latest media headlines

Typhoon Pakhar kills 2, destroys numerous houses in Vietnam 4/5/2012 5:37:00 PM.

Two people were killed, while thousands of houses and hundreds of trees were damaged by the Pakhar typhoon that swept through Vietnam’s southern and central regions Sunday, local authorities have reported.

Viet Nam: NASA's TRMM Satellite Measured Rainfall as Tropical Storm Pa.. 4/4/2012 6:17:00 AM.

Source: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Country: Viet Nam Hurricane Season 2012: Typhoon Pakhar (Western North Pacific Ocean) Tropical Storm Pakhar's remnants have faded over the Gulf of Thailand, but not before damaging over

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Deadly tropical storm lashes Vietnam 4/3/2012 5:05:00 PM.

The typhoon season's first storm has killed two people in southern Vietnam, say authorities.

Typhoon causes heavy downpour, sinks boats in south central Vietnam 4/2/2012 9:23:00 AM.

At least three boats have sunk during torrential rains generated by the Pakhar typhoon as it moves closer to the shore and threatens coastal localities including Ho Chi Minh City, local reports say.

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