Overall Red alert Tropical Cyclone for VICENTE-12
in China

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone VICENTE-12 can have a high humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 31445
Name VICENTE-12
Glide number: TC-2012-000122-CHN
From - To 21 Jul - 24 Jul
Exposed countries China
Exposed population 6.1 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 212 km/h Category 4
Maximum storm surge 3.3 m (23 Jul 19:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (China)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
JRC 185 km/h 3.3 m n.a. 2.5
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.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (46), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),