Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for HAIKUI-12
in China, Japan

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 31677
Name HAIKUI-12
From - To 03 Aug - 08 Aug
Exposed countries China, Japan
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 204 km/h Category 3
Maximum storm surge 2 m (08 Aug 04:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (China)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
JRC 111 km/h 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 n.a n.a. n.a. n.a.
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 324 | About casualties: 31 | Last hour: 0

China responds to typhoon HaikuiSat, 11 Aug 2012 21:06:00 +0200.

BEIJING, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Chinese officials said they were sending emergency crews into the field Saturday after the third typhoon in a week rolled ashore.
Haikui causes over 3 billion yuan economic loss in AnhuiSat, 11 Aug 2012 17:38:00 +0200.

HEFEI, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- East China's Anhui Province has recorded an economic loss of 3.28 billion yuan (515.69 million U.S.dollars) since severe tropical storm Haikui entered the province on Wednesday night, local authorities said Saturd
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Emergency plan launched for typhoon-hit JiangxiSat, 11 Aug 2012 16:46:00 +0200.

China's central authorities initiated a level-four emergency plan at 4 pm Saturday in response to torrential rains and flooding caused by typhoon Haikui in east China's Jiangxi province.
China launches emergency response to typhoon-hit JiangxiSat, 11 Aug 2012 15:21:00 +0200.

BEIJING, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- China's central authorities initiated a level-four emergency plan at 4 p.m. Saturday in response to torrential rains and flooding caused by typhoon Haikui in east China's Jiangxi province. The National Commissio
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (46), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),