Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for MAWAR-17
in China

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 1000394
Name MAWAR-17
From - To 31 Aug - 03 Sep
Exposed countries China
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 120 km/h Category 1
Maximum storm surge 0.5 m (03 Sep 16:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (China)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 56 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 69 km/h 0.3 m n.a. 0.5
ECMWF n.a 0.3 m n.a. 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

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More cyclones forecast for Hong KongWed, 06 Sep 2017 19:26:00 +0200.

The Hong Kong Observatory has revised its forecast of the number of tropical cyclones coming within 500 kilometers of the city this year from six to nine, which means there may be three more to come. “We had expected, for the rest of this y
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Hong Kong Observatory: Three More Typhoons Expected To ComeWed, 06 Sep 2017 11:50:00 +0200.

HONG KONG, Sept 6 (Bernama) -- The Hong Kong Observatory recently adjusted their forecast about the number of tropical cyclones entering 500 km of Hong Kong this year to six to nine, which means there may be three more to come, China's Xinh
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3 more typhoons expected to come: Hong Kong ObservatoryWed, 06 Sep 2017 11:50:00 +0200.

HONG KONG, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Hong Kong Observatory recently adjusted their forecast about the number of tropical cyclones entering 500 km of Hong Kong this year to six to nine, which means there may be three more to come. "We expected
...(more)
Typhoon Mawar rains more misery on GuangdongTue, 05 Sep 2017 12:42:00 +0200.

Typhoon Mawar, the 16th typhoon formed in the northwest Pacific this year, made landfall in Lufeng at 9:30 pm on Sunday, packing winds of up to 72 kilometres per hour. Although weaker than the previous two typhoons in recent weeks, Hato and
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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),