Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for MUJIGAE-15
in China

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 1000221
Name MUJIGAE-15
From - To 01 Oct - 04 Oct
Exposed countries China
Exposed population 780 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 213 km/h Category 4
Maximum storm surge 3.4 m (04 Oct 08:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (China)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 148 km/h 3.4 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.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 307 | About casualties: 111 | Last hour: 0

Chine : les 17 campeurs portés disparus sauvés dans le sudThu, 08 Oct 2015 01:58:00 +0200.

NANNING, 7 octobre (Xinhua) -- Des secouristes de la région autonome Zhuang du Guangxi (sud) ont réussi à sauver, mercredi après-midi, les 17 touristes qui avaient perdu tout contact en campant dans une réserve naturelle, ont annoncé les au
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Typhoon leaves 20 dead, 4 missing in south ChinaWed, 07 Oct 2015 19:31:00 +0200.

BEIJING. The death toll from a typhoon that tore across parts of China at the weekend has risen to 20, the country's state controlled news agency has reported. Xinhua said that since typhoon Mujigae -- the country's 22nd this year -- landed
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China says death toll from Typhoon Mujigae reaches 20Wed, 07 Oct 2015 15:14:00 +0200.

BEIJING, China - The death toll from a powerful typhoon in southern China has reached 20 people, Chinese state media reported Wednesday. The official Xinhua News Agency said that the southern region of Guangxi reported an additional two dea
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Death toll from China typhoon risesWed, 07 Oct 2015 15:07:00 +0200.

REUTERS Debris is seen in a bay after Typhoon Mujigae hit, in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province. Picture: Stringer Shanghai - The death toll from a typhoon that struck China on the weekend has risen to 19, with four people missing, the official
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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),