Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for NESAT-17
in China

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone NESAT-17 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000378
Name NESAT-17
Glide number: TC-2017-000098-CHN
From - To 26 Jul - 30 Jul
Exposed countries China
Exposed population 450 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 167 km/h Category 2
Maximum storm surge 1.5 m (29 Jul 23:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (China)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 93 km/h 1.5 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 91 km/h 1 m n.a. 0.5
GFS n.a n.a. n.a. n.a.
ECMWF 80 km/h 0.7 m n.a. 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 312 | About casualties: 100 | Last hour: 0

07/29 21:55 Thousands evacuated, extensive power outages as typhoon hi ... Wed, 02 Aug 2017 13:52:00 +0200.

Taipei, July 29 (CNA) Thousands of people had been evacuated and over 100,000 households had experienced power outages as of Saturday evening as Typhoon Nesat swept across Taiwan, according to the Central Emergency Operation Center. As of 7
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CDC urges post-typhoon dengue actionTue, 01 Aug 2017 19:06:00 +0200.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday urged people to clean up debris and eliminate standing water after typhoons, as the week after a storm is a critical period for dengue fever prevention. Typhoon Nesat and Tropical Storm Haitan
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Storms limit power supply; savings urgedTue, 01 Aug 2017 19:06:00 +0200.

The Cabinet has urged energy conservation during peak hours for the next two weeks after storms caused significant damage at a power facility, which could lead to supply shortages. The collapse of a Ho-Ping Power Co transmission tower in Hu
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Typhoon holiday rules need workTue, 01 Aug 2017 19:06:00 +0200.

As Typhoon Nesat approached Taiwan on Saturday, it caused floods in Pingtung County. To make sure I could attend an international conference on Sunday, I traveled north from Tainan earlier than planned and stayed the night in New Taipei Cit
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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 (38), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),