Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for JEBI-18
in Japan

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 1000493
Name JEBI-18
From - To 27 Aug - 04 Sep
Exposed countries Japan
Exposed population 29.8 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 287 km/h Category 5
Maximum storm surge 1.2 m (04 Sep 08:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Low (Japan)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 102 km/h 1.2 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 68 km/h 0.8 m n.a. 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 416 | About casualties: 53 | Last hour: 0

Emirates halts all flights to Osaka, JapanSat, 08 Sep 2018 10:36:00 +0200.

DUBAI, 3 days ago Dubai-based Emirates has suspended all flights to Osaka, Japan, after the strongest typhoon to have hit Japan in 25 years made landfall, said a report. The storm, which brought heavy rain and winds of up to 172kmph, has a
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Séisme au Japon: le bilan s'alourdit à 30 mortsSat, 08 Sep 2018 09:57:00 +0200.

Les efforts se poursuivent à un rythme accéléré ce samedi, pour trouver des survivants au violent séisme qui a touché l'île d'Hokkaido. Le paysage de carte postale a été ravagé par des éboulements. Des personnes ensevelies sous des glisseme
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Typhoon-hit Kansai airport partially resumes int'l flightsSat, 08 Sep 2018 09:14:00 +0200.

International flights at Kansai International Airport partially resumed Saturday following the closure of the main gateway to western Japan after a powerful typhoon hit the area earlier this week. The first flight -- operated by All Nippon
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VIDÉO - Séisme au Japon : le bilan monte à 30 mortsSat, 08 Sep 2018 09:07:00 +0200.

Le bilan des victimes d'un puissant tremblement de terre qui a provoqué des glissements de terrain dans le nord du Japon s'est élevé à 30 morts samedi, alors que des dizaines de milliers de secouristes intensifient leurs efforts pour retrou
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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.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),