Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for FRANCISCO-13
in Japan, Guam

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 40669
Name FRANCISCO-13
From - To 16 Oct - 25 Oct
Exposed countries Japan, Guam
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 269 km/h Category 5
Maximum storm surge 0.1 m (24 Oct 12:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Japan)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
JRC 84 km/h 0.1 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: 251 | About casualties: 21 | Last hour: 0

Market Extra Hurricane season eerily quiet a year after SandyTue, 29 Oct 2013 16:00:00 +0100.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- One year after Hurricane Sandy, the second-costliest hurricane in U.S. history, this year's season may be best remembered by what hasn't ...
Japan wakes up to heavy rain and wind as Typhoons nearSun, 27 Oct 2013 06:56:00 +0100.

BEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhuanet) -- Typhoon Francisco has passed south of Japan, bringing heavy rain and winds. The powerful storm has forced hundreds to evacuate their homes. Japan’s Meteorological Agency has issued a special warning after it
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Google construirait un centre de données flottant à San FranciscoSun, 27 Oct 2013 02:13:00 +0200.

Google serait en train de construire un centre de données flottant dans la baie de San Francisco, avance le blog high-tech CNET.
Oshima evacuation advisory, order lifted as Typhoon Francisco downgrad ... Sun, 27 Oct 2013 00:25:00 +0200.

A blanket evacuation advisory and a partial evacuation order issued for Izu-Oshima Island were lifted Saturday afternoon as Typhoon Francisco was downgraded to an extratropical ...

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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),