Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for CHANTHU-16
in Japan, Russian Federation

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone CHANTHU-16 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000287
Name CHANTHU-16
From - To 13 Aug - 17 Aug
Exposed countries Japan, Russian Federation
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 111 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge 0.5 m (16 Aug 22:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Low (Japan)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 65 km/h 0.5 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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Latest media headlines

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National › Another typhoon feared to make landfall on HokkaidoSat, 20 Aug 2016 23:38:00 +0200.

TOKYO. A typhoon is feared to make landfall on Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Sunday afternoon as it was headed north off the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan on Saturday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Rain has a
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California firefighters make gains after 100 homes destroyedSat, 20 Aug 2016 23:02:00 +0200.

OAK HILLS, California — Firefighters gained ground on Friday against a wildfire burning in a Southern California mountain pass that has forced tens of thousands of residents to flee and destroyed about 100 homes, officials said. The Blue Cu
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The Latest: Baton Rouge: much debris removal starts MondaySat, 20 Aug 2016 19:12:00 +0200.

Amanda Burge looks at flood damaged items with two of her three children Aiden, left, and Hudson, center, in Denham Springs, La., Friday, Aug. 19, 2016. "Everything is gone. School is gone. Home is gone. Church is gone," said Burge, preside
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The Latest: Baton Rouge: much debris removal starts MondaySat, 20 Aug 2016 19:12:00 +0200.

Amanda Burge looks at flood damaged items with two of her three children Aiden, left, and Hudson, center, in Denham Springs, La., Friday, Aug. 19, 2016. "Everything is gone. School is gone. Home is gone. Church is gone," said Burge, preside
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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),