Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for LINFA-15
in Philippines, China

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 1000175
Name LINFA-15
From - To 02 Jul - 09 Jul
Exposed countries Philippines, China
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 157 km/h Category 2
Maximum storm surge 1 m (09 Jul 13:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 74 km/h 0 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 417 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

Latest humanitarian snapshot highlights typhoons in China, flooding in ... Mon, 13 Jul 2015 15:58:00 +0200.

CHINA. Typhoon Chan-Hom made landfall early on 11 Jul in Zhujiajian Township in the island city of Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, as a category 1 typhoon before being downgraded to a tropical storm on 12 Jul. Chan-Hom is decreasing intensity
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China: Asia and the Pacific: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot (7- ... Mon, 13 Jul 2015 11:56:00 +0200.

CHINA. Typhoon Chan-Hom made landfall early on 11 Jul in Zhujiajian Township in the island city of Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province as a category 1 typhoon before being downgraded to a tropical storm on 12 Jul. Chan-Hom is decreasing intensity a
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Typhoon Chan-hom: Extensive damage reported as system loses strength; ... Mon, 13 Jul 2015 01:53:00 +0200.

Typhoon Chan-hom, one of the most powerful systems to strike eastern China in decades, has disrupted air, rail and sea transport after forcing the evacuation of more than 1 million people from the provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangsu, state me
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Typhoon that pounded China weakens into tropical stormSun, 12 Jul 2015 22:52:00 +0200.

SEOUL, South Korea -- A typhoon that battered the Chinese coast has weakened into a tropical storm as it pushes toward the Korean Peninsula, where some South Korean flights were canceled due to strong winds and rain. Tropical Storm Chan-hom
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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),