Overall Red alert Tropical Cyclone for MELOR-15
Off-shore

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 1000242
Name MELOR-15
From - To 11 Dec - 16 Dec
Exposed countries Off-shore
Exposed population 730 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 250 km/h Category 4
Maximum storm surge 0.9 m (14 Dec 08:00 UTC)
Vulnerability --

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 74 km/h 0.9 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

Articles: 426 | About casualties: 165 | Last hour: 0

Death toll rises to 45 in storm-hit PhilippinesSun, 20 Dec 2015 17:31:00 +0100.

The rain was caused by a cold front, dragged into the country by typhoon Melor and tropical depression Onyok which hit the Philippines in succession last week. Floods almost three meters (nine feet) deep covered some riverside areas north o
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Death toll from typhoon Melor rises to 35 in PhilippinesSun, 20 Dec 2015 16:54:00 +0100.

MANILA, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Death toll from typhoon Melor, locally named as Nona, increased to 35, while damages to infrastructure and agriculture sectors breached 2 billion pesos (57.08 U.S. dollars) in the Philippines, the state disaster
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Death toll rises to 45 in storm-hit PhilippinesSun, 20 Dec 2015 16:44:00 +0100.

CALUMPIT, Philippines: The death toll from two storms which battered the Philippines rose to 45 on Sunday (Dec 20) as several towns remained under water and rain kept falling in northern regions, disaster monitoring officials said. The rain
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Safety Measures During Active Weather ConditionsSun, 20 Dec 2015 16:17:00 +0100.

Brunei Darussalam is currently experiencing active weather conditions due to Typhoon Melor which hit several areas in the Philippines. This has caused the country to be inundated by heavy rains for the past few days, causing flash floods in
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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), INFORM (1), (1),