Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for CIMARON-18
in Japan

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 1000490
Name CIMARON-18
From - To 17 Aug - 24 Aug
Exposed countries Japan
Exposed population 25.7 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 194 km/h Category 3
Maximum storm surge 1.3 m (23 Aug 15:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Low (Japan)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 83 km/h 1.3 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
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 301 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

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NASA's 'aerosol Earth' reveals a true picture of the planet Daily MailTue, 28 Aug 2018 02:00:00 +0200.

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NASA map shows glowing particle clouds over Earth from wildfires and h ... Mon, 27 Aug 2018 22:54:00 +0200.

There's something in the air: From sources such as wildfires, car emissions and, yes, even feces, tiny particles fly into our bodies with nearly every breath. That reminder comes courtesy of NASA, whose Earth Observatory offered a stunning
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NASA map shows glowing particle clouds over Earth from wildfires and h ... Mon, 27 Aug 2018 22:51:00 +0200.

There's something in the air: From sources such as wildfires, car emissions and, yes, even feces, tiny particles fly into our bodies with nearly every breath. That reminder comes courtesy of NASA, whose Earth Observatory offered a stunning
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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 (38), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),