Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for WIPHA-13
in Japan

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone WIPHA-13 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 40511
Name WIPHA-13
From - To 11 Oct - 15 Oct
Exposed countries Japan
Exposed population 200 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 232 km/h Category 4
Maximum storm surge 0.4 m (15 Oct 22:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Low (Japan)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
JRC 121 km/h 0.4 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 515 | About casualties: 141 | Last hour: 0

Landslides from typhoon kill 29 islandersSat, 19 Oct 2013 16:34:00 +0200.

THE death toll from a typhoon that triggered massive landslides on a Japanese island has risen to 29, as islanders prepared for more severe weather.
Japan typhoon death toll rises to 29Sat, 19 Oct 2013 16:04:00 +0200.

The death toll from a typhoon that triggered massive landslides on a Japanese island rose to 29 on Saturday, as officials advised residents to take shelter in anticipation of more heavy rain.
TOKYO—The death toll from a typhoon that triggered massive landslides ... Sat, 19 Oct 2013 16:03:00 +0200.

TOKYO—The death toll from a typhoon that triggered massive landslides on a Japanese island rose to 29 on Saturday, as officials advised residents to take shelter in anticipation of more heavy rain. Around 1,200 troops, firefighters and poli
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Japan typhoon death toll rises to 29Sat, 19 Oct 2013 15:27:00 +0200.

Tokyo: The death toll from a typhoon that triggered massive landslides on a Japanese island has risen to 29, as officials advised residents to take shelter in anticipation of more heavy rain.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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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),