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Green Tropical Cyclone alert for TALIM-12 in China from 18/06/2012 00:00 UTC to 21/06/2012 00:00 UTC
Summary
Tropical Cyclone impact
Storm surge
Extreme rain
Media analysis
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Summary

Interactive map: Open The map shows the accumulated precipitation along the cyclone's track. Yellow area is > 100mm; Red area is > 300mm; Blue area is > 500mm. The accumulated rainfall is calculated based on the Tropical Rainfall Potential of NOAA/NESDIS. The eTRaP is a simple ensemble whose members are the 6-hourly totals from the single-orbit TRaPs, which are rainfall estimates from passive microwave remote sensing. Rain map with eTraP data. (Source: JRC) Storm surge maximum height. (Source: JRC)

Tropical Cyclone TALIM-12 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the Maximum sustained wind speed and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Updated: this report is based on advisory number 14.

  • Tropical Cyclone Tropical Depression (maximum wind speed of 83 km/h)
  • from 18/06/2012 00:00 UTC to 21/06/2012 00:00 UTC
  • Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0
  • Vulnerability: Medium

Extreme Rain

Potential rainfall is calculated based on rainfall observed by several microwave satellite sensors.

The image shows the total rainfall accumulation associated with the cyclone.

Storm surge

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References

Known identifiers for this event: wp0612 (jtwcId) WP062012 (noaaId)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 87 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

Inaccurate forecasts arouse public anger
Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:01:00 +0200   ChinaPost (en)

(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Both sea and land warnings against Tropical Storm Talim (泰利) have been lifted as the storm moves away from Taiwan. With southwest air currents continuously affecting the island, however, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) was yesterday still warning against potential downpours and rainstorms.

People and organisations:

Le Japon frappé par le typhon Guchol
Thu, 21 Jun 2012 04:28:00 +0200   cctv-fr (fr)

Le typhon Guchol, actuellement à l’état de dépression tropicale, a balayé le Japon, faisant un mort et une soixantaine de blessés. Des dégats matériels ont aussi été enregistrés à travers le pays. Guchol a atterri mardi en territoire japonais, infligeant des dégâts au système de transport et clouant au sol avions et trains.

People and organisations:

Tropical storm Talim struck Taiwan at about 12:00 GMT on 20 June.
Thu, 21 Jun 2012 01:19:00 +0200   alertnet (en)

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:29 GMT Source: Content partner // Tropical Storm Risk Tropical storm Talim struck Taiwan at about 12:00 GMT on 20 June.Data supplied by theUS Navy and Air Force Joint Typhoon Warning Centersuggest that the point of landfallwasnear24.5 N,120.1 E.

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EMM (1), JRC (33), TRMM (1), NOAA (4), (2), WMO (1), OCHA (1), JTWC (3), BOM (1), Unisys (1), NASA (1), SWCB (1),

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