Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for CHOI-WAN-15
in Russian Federation, Japan, United States Minor Outlying Islands

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone CHOI-WAN-15 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000222
Name CHOI-WAN-15
From - To 02 Oct - 07 Oct
Exposed countries Russian Federation, Japan, United States Minor Outlying Islands
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 157 km/h Category 2
Maximum storm surge 0.4 m (08 Oct 09:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Low (Russia)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 111 km/h 0.4 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.
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

NASA sees a speedy Extra-Tropical Storm Choi-Wan 10/8/2015 9:10:00 PM.

This infrared image of Tropical Storm Choi-wan was taken from the AIRS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite on Oct. 8 at 3:11 UTC (Oct. 7 11:11 p.m. EDT). The bulk of cold (blue/purple) clouds were northwest of the center. Credit: NASA J
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Powerful typhoon approaches Japan 10/8/2015 12:00:00 PM.

AFP Image taken in 2009 by showing super Typhoon Choi-wan after it just became a monstrous Category 4 super typhoon. Picture: Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer/ NASA Tokyo- Thousands of residents in northern Japan were ordered t
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Thousands ordered to evacuate in Japan 10/8/2015 6:48:00 AM.

THOUSANDS of residents in northern Japan have been ordered to evacuate as a powerful typhoon bears down on the island of Hokkaido. LOCAL authorities issued evacuation orders for Nemuro city on the coast and neighbouring areas, as Typhoon
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Thousands ordered to evacuate in Japan 10/8/2015 6:36:00 AM.

Thousands of residents in northern Japan have been ordered to evacuate as a powerful typhoon bears down on the island of Hokkaido. Local authorities issued evacuation orders for Nemuro city on the coast and neighbouring areas, as Typhoon Ch
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (46), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),