Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for PRAPIROON-18
in Japan

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone PRAPIROON-18 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000464
Name PRAPIROON-18
From - To 28 Jun - 04 Jul
Exposed countries Japan
Exposed population 510 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 148 km/h Category 1
Maximum storm surge 0.7 m (03 Jul 10:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Low (Japan)

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 65 km/h 0.7 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 126 km/h 0.7 m n.a. 0.5
GFS 119 km/h 0.7 m n.a. 0.5
ECMWF 66 km/h 0.6 m n.a. 0.5
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Articles: 184 | About casualties: 23 | Last hour: 0

Dozens dead, missing in Japan floodsSat, 07 Jul 2018 20:37:00 +0200.

Torrential rain in western and central Japan caused landslides, flooding and swollen rivers, leaving at least three people dead and several others missing on Friday, July 6. One of the casualties, Kazuhiko Miyane, 59, was found in a swollen
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Record rainfall, flash floods leave 38 dead, nearly 50 missing in sout ... Sat, 07 Jul 2018 12:55:00 +0200.

Torrents of rainfall and flooding battered a widespread area in southwestern Japan on Saturday, with local media casualty reports climbing quickly. Public broadcaster NHK said 38 people were dead, four were injured seriously and 47 were mis
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Rains force evacuation of thousands in JapanFri, 06 Jul 2018 19:41:00 +0200.

TOKYO (Reuters): Japan on Thursday ordered the evacuation of thousands of residents from the outskirts of its ancient capital of Kyoto after “historic” rains battered its western region, killing a man, with yet more rain forecast. About 160
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Three dead, several missing in Japan floodsFri, 06 Jul 2018 19:18:00 +0200.

As many as 83,000 people had been ordered to evacuate in the city of Kyoto on Thursday, July 5, due to increasing risks of floods and mudslides as heavy rain continues to batter western Japan. A worker died at a construction site in Inagawa
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Tropical Cyclone PRAPIROON - JRC Emergency report

29/Jun/2018 14:55 UTC

Tropical Cyclone PRAPIROON formed over the Philippine Sea on 28 June and started moving north-west, strengthening. On 29 June at 12:00 UTC, its centre was located over the sea approx. 700 km south-east of Okinawa Island (Japan) and it had maximum sustained winds of 84 km/h (Tropical Storm). Over the next 24 h, it is forecast to continue moving north-west towards Okinawa Island, possibly strengthening into a Typhoon. It is forecast to pass between Okinawa and Miyako island on 1 July and reach southern Republic of Korea, including Jeju Island, on 2 July with max with max. sustained winds of 120-140 km/h. However the uncertainty of the forecast track/intensity is still high. Heavy rains, strong winds and storm surge could affect Okinawa on 30 June - 1 July and Republic of Korea (including Jeju Island) on 1-3 July. Heavy rains could also affect southern and eastern areas of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). The Joint Research Centre (JRC) is following the event through the information automatically collected and analysed in the Global Disasters Alerts and Coordination System (GDACS). GDACS issued a RED alert for TC PRAPIROON in Republic of Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea on 29 June morning. This alert was downgraded to ORANGE late in the afternoon of the same day, based on the new forecast.

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