Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for AMPIL-18
in China, Japan

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone AMPIL-18 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000470
Name AMPIL-18
From - To 17 Jul - 23 Jul
Exposed countries China, Japan
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 111 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge 2.5 m (22 Jul 13:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (China)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 46 km/h 2.1 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 66 km/h 0.7 m n.a. 0.5
GFS n.a n.a. n.a. n.a.
ECMWF 62 km/h 0.9 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: 113 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

China: New products of FY-4A meteorological satellite improve typhoon ... Fri, 27 Jul 2018 06:13:00 +0200.

During this typhoon season, dozens of new remote sensing products of FY-4A meteorological satellite have been put into application. Multi-integrated (space-based, upper-air and ground-based) meteorological observing products have become mor
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Typhoon forces relocation of thousands in northeast ChinaFri, 27 Jul 2018 05:38:00 +0200.

Ampil, the 10th typhoon this year, has brought rainstorms to northeastern Chinese provinces, forcing the relocation of thousands of people and disrupting rail traffic, local authorities said Thursday. In Liaoning Province, as of 7 a.m. Thur
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Le typhon Ampil force à évacuer des milliers de personnes dans le nord ... Thu, 26 Jul 2018 16:21:00 +0200.

SHENYANG/HARBIN, 26 juillet (Xinhua) -- Ampil, le 10e typhon de l'année, a apporté de fortes pluies dans les provinces du nord-est de la Chine, forçant à procéder à l'évacuation de milliers d'habitants et affectant le trafic ferroviaire, on
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Le typhon Ampil force à évacuer des milliers de personnes dans le nord ... Thu, 26 Jul 2018 16:21:00 +0200.

Ampil, le 10e typhon de l'année, a apporté de fortes pluies dans les provinces du nord-est de la Chine, forçant à procéder à l'évacuation de milliers d'habitants et affectant le trafic ferroviaire, ont annoncé jeudi les autorités locales. D
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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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 (38), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),