Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for SON-TINH-18
in China, Viet Nam, Laos

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 1000469
Name SON-TINH-18
From - To 15 Jul - 24 Jul
Exposed countries China, Viet Nam, Laos
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 93 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge 1.3 m (23 Jul 10:00 UTC)
Vulnerability High (China)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 46 km/h 1.3 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF n.a n.a. n.a. n.a.
GFS 96 km/h 1.1 m n.a. 0.5
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

Articles: 557 | About casualties: 60 | Last hour: 0

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Cambodian PM offers sympathies over natural disaster in VietnamFri, 27 Jul 2018 18:31:00 +0200.

Hanoi (VNA) – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has sent his sympathies to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc over the great losses in human lives and property caused by floods and landslide in Vietnam’s northern provinces. He wrote in the mess
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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),