Overall Red Tropical Cyclone for KAI-TAK-12 in China on 13 Aug 2012 00:00 UTC

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Overall Red Tropical Cyclone for KAI-TAK-12

in China

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	TC 31882
Name	KAI-TAK-12
Glide number:	TC-2012-000142-CHN
From - To	13 Aug - 17 Aug
Exposed countries	China
Exposed population	4.5 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	148 km/h Category 1
Maximum storm surge	2.8 m (17 Aug 04:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	Medium (China)

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
JRC	n.a	2.8 m	n.a.	2.5
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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