Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for TORAJI-18
Off-shore

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 1000530
Name TORAJI-18
From - To 17 Nov - 20 Nov
Exposed countries Off-shore
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 65 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge 0.5 m (18 Nov 16:00 UTC)
Vulnerability --

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 46 km/h 0.5 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.
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Vietnam - Tropical depression TORAJI (ECHO 19 Nov 2018)Mon, 19 Nov 2018 11:01

  • Tropical depression TORAJI made landfall close to Vinh Hai town (Ninh Thuan Province, Dong Nam Bo Region, southeastern Vietnam) on 18 November.
  • As of 19 november at 8.00 UTC, at least 12 people are reported dead, six more are missing and 11 injured across Khanh Hoa Province (Nam Trung Bo Region, south-east Vietnam) following landslides and floods triggered by heavy rainfall.
  • According to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, more heavy rainfall and thunderstorms are forecast for southeastern Vietnam over the next 24 hours, including over the already affected regions.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 26 | About casualties: 14 | Last hour: 0

Storm Usagi moves south, Saigon under threatFri, 23 Nov 2018 07:25:00 +0100.

Instead of moving westwards as forecast earlier, Usagi has changed course and is now heading south. As of Friday morning the storm lay centered around 410 kilometers (254 miles) to the east of the region between Ninh Thuan and Ba Ria-Vung T
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Death toll in Vietnam from Typhoon Toraji rises to 14Wed, 21 Nov 2018 05:21:00 +0100.

By Adem Salvarcioglu. ANKARA. Flash floods and landslides from Typhoon Toraji have killed 14 people in central Vietnam, local authorities said Monday. At least four people remain missing in Khanh Hoa province, according to a disaster manage
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Death toll from central Vietnam flood rises to 17Tue, 20 Nov 2018 07:33:00 +0100.

HANOI, Nov. 20, 2018 (BSS/Xinhua) – Seventeen people have been confirmed dead, and three others remained missing due to floods and landslides caused by Typhoon Toraji over the weekend in Vietnam’s central Nha Trang city, local media reporte
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Death toll in Vietnam from Typhoon Toraji rises to 14Tue, 20 Nov 2018 07:11:00 +0100.

Flash floods and landslides from Typhoon Toraji have killed 14 people in central Vietnam, local authorities said Monday. At least four people remain missing in Khanh Hoa province, according to a disaster management officer. Heavy rainfall a
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Exposed population

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