Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for HIGOS-20
in China

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone HIGOS-20 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000699
Name HIGOS-20
From - To 17 Aug - 19 Aug
Exposed countries China
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 102 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge 1 m (18 Aug 21:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (China)

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 74 km/h 1 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 133 km/h 1.4 m 356 mm 0.5
GFS 97 km/h 1.1 m 224 mm 0.5
ECMWF 76 km/h 0.8 m 366 mm 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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China, Philippines - Tropical Cyclone HIGOS (ECHO 18 Aug 2020)Tue, 18 Aug 2020 13:02

  • Newly formed Tropical Cyclone HIGOS (HELEN in the Philippines) is moving north-west across the South China Sea towards southern China. On 18 August at 0.00 UTC, its centre was approximately 348 km south-east of Hong Kong, with maximum sustained winds of 56 km/h (tropical depression).
  • HIGOS is forecast to continue strengthening as it moves west-northwest, making landfall over southern Guangdong Province on 19 August with maximum sustained winds up to 85 km/h (tropical storm). 
  • China's Meteorological Administration (CMA) has issued a yellow typhoon warning for southern-coastal Guandong Province.
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (38), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),