Overall Orange Tropical Cyclone for FRANCISCO-19 in , Japan, Korea, Republic of, Democratic People's Republic of, Russian Federation from 01 Aug 2019 18:00 UTC to 07 Aug 2019 06:00 UTC

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Overall Orange Tropical Cyclone for FRANCISCO-19

in , Japan, Korea, Republic of, Democratic People's Republic of, Russian Federation

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone FRANCISCO-19 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	TC 1000580
Name	FRANCISCO-19
From - To	01 Aug - 07 Aug
Exposed countries	, Japan, Korea, Republic of, Democratic People's Republic of, Russian Federation
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	139 km/h Category 1
Maximum storm surge	1 m (06 Aug 03:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	--

GDACS Score

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
GDACS JTWC	n.a	1 m	n.a.	1.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF	158 km/h	1.6 m	n.a.	0.5
GFS	238 km/h	3.4 m	n.a.	2.5
ECMWF	162 km/h	2.1 m	n.a.	0.5

Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.

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Analytical products

Japan, South Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Tropical Cyclone FRANCISCO (ECHO 05 Aug 2019)Mon, 05 Aug 2019 13:04

Tropical Cyclone FRANCISCO is forecast to make landfall on 5 August over the eastern coast of Kyushu Island, close to Hyuga City (Miyazaki Prefecture) as a tropical storm before continuing north-northwest towards South Korea.
Over the next 24 hours, heavy rainfall and strong winds are forecast over Kyushu Island and Shikoku Island. The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a warning for high waves over coastal areas of Kochi and Ehime prefectures.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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06/Aug/2019 05:34 UTC

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