Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for NAMTHEUN-16
in Japan

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone NAMTHEUN-16 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000300
Name NAMTHEUN-16
From - To 31 Aug - 05 Sep
Exposed countries Japan
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 204 km/h Category 3
Maximum storm surge 0.3 m (03 Sep 13:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Low (Japan)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 46 km/h 0.3 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.
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Meteo assessment
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Latest media headlines

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Scientists use undersea drones to help predict hurricanesThu, 08 Sep 2016 23:13:00 +0200.

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution engineers Patrick Deane, left, and Sean Whelan prepare to release a Slocum glider into the waters south of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, to monitor anticipated changes in the ocean during the passage
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Citrus County calculates storm damage Read Story 10News WTSPThu, 08 Sep 2016 22:55:00 +0200.

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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),