Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for TEMBIN-17
in Viet Nam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Philippines

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 1000426
Name TEMBIN-17
Glide number: TC-2017-000182-VNM
From - To 20 Dec - 26 Dec
Exposed countries Viet Nam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Philippines
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 148 km/h Category 1
Maximum storm surge 1 m (25 Dec 20:00 UTC)
Vulnerability High (Vietnam)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 46 km/h 1 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 85 km/h 0.7 m n.a. 0.5
GFS 61 km/h 0.4 m n.a. 0.5
ECMWF n.a 0.5 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: 958 | About casualties: 550 | Last hour: 0

Navy To Deliver 45 Tonnes Humanitarian Aid To Typhoon Tembin VictimsWed, 27 Dec 2017 16:00:00 +0100.

KOTA KINABALU, Dec 27 (Bernama) -- The Royal Malaysian Navy vessel, KD Kedah, will deliver 45 tonnes of food, clothing and medical supplies as part of a humanitarian aid mission to the areas affected by Typhoon Tembin that struck the southe
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Le Vietnam échappe au pire du typhon qui a balayé les PhilippinesWed, 27 Dec 2017 13:11:00 +0100.

Des centaines de milliers de personnes avaient été évacuées dans le delta du Mékong, alors que la région attendait l'arrivée du typhon Tembin qui a déjà fait 160 morts lors de son passage aux Philippines. Les prévisions météo annonçaient qu
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Typhoon Tembin Weakens After Pummeling PhilippinesWed, 27 Dec 2017 10:09:00 +0100.

Typhoon Tembin slammed into the Philippines on Saturday. In the wake of the storm, more than 200 people are reported dead and hundreds are still missing. The storm is now back out to sea after brushing past Vietnam. VOA’s Kevin Enochs repor
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Evacuees in storm-effected localities return homeWed, 27 Dec 2017 07:48:00 +0100.

Hanoi (VNA) – Evacuees in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang returned their home on December 26 as typhoon Tembin weakened into a low tropical pressure. Soc Trang authorities moved about 30.000 local residents to safe places. According
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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), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),