Overall Green Tropical Cyclone alert for KIROGI-12 Off-shore from 08 Aug 2012 06:00 UTC to 09 Aug 2012 18:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for KIROGI-12

Off-shore

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone KIROGI-12 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	TC 31720
Name	KIROGI-12
From - To	08 Aug - 09 Aug
Exposed countries	Off-shore
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	93 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge	n.a.
Vulnerability	-- ()

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
JRC	74 km/h	n.a.	n.a.	0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF	n.a	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
GFS	n.a	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
ECMWF	n.a	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 3 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Storm THIRTEEN status updateTue, 07 Aug 2012 19:53:00 +0200.

At 12:00 PM , status update for the storm THIRTEEN . Wind: 35Kt, category: Tropical Storm

Oil Rises After U.S. Payrolls Beat ExpectationsFri, 03 Aug 2012 16:01:00 +0200.

Oil surged after U.S. payrolls climbed more than economists estimated, bolstering optimism about the strength of the economy of the world’s biggest crude- consuming country. Futures rose as much as 3.1 percent as payrolls gained 163,000 las

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Three dead amid widespread flooding as typhoon hits TaiwanThu, 02 Aug 2012 11:07:00 +0200.

Taipei, Aug 2, 2012, (SPA) -- Typhoon Saola pounded northern and central Taiwan Thursday, bringing heavy rain, high winds and extensive flooding, dpa reported. The storm made landfall at 3:20 am (7:20 pm GMT Wednesday) near the city of Hual

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