Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for KAI-TAK-17
in Malaysia, Viet Nam, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Philippines

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone KAI-TAK-17 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000425
Name KAI-TAK-17
From - To 13 Dec - 22 Dec
Exposed countries Malaysia, Viet Nam, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Philippines
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 93 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge n.a.
Vulnerability High (Malaysia)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 46 km/h n.a. n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 93 km/h 0.8 m n.a. 0.5
GFS 124 km/h 0.6 m n.a. 0.5
ECMWF 81 km/h 0.8 m n.a. 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 2 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Rescuers search for dozens missing after Philippine stormMon, 18 Dec 2017 07:52:00 +0100.

MANILA - Rescuers used bulldozers to dig through mountains of mud in the eastern Philippines to search for over 30 people missing after a powerful storm triggered landslides on the weekend, authorities said Monday (Dec 18). Tropical Storm K
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Rescuers search for dozens missing after Philippine stormMon, 18 Dec 2017 06:25:00 +0100.

MANILA (AFP) - Rescuers used bulldozers to dig through mountains of mud in the eastern Philippines to search for over 30 people missing after a powerful storm triggered landslides on the weekend, authorities said Monday (Dec 18). Tropical S
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

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