Overall Red alert Tropical Cyclone for UTOR-13
in China, Philippines

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone UTOR-13 can have a high humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 39372
Name UTOR-13
From - To 09 Aug - 14 Aug
Exposed countries China, Philippines
Exposed population 14.2 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 241 km/h Category 4
Maximum storm surge 2.4 m (14 Aug 08:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (China)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
JRC 138 km/h 2.4 m n.a. 1.5
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.
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 487 | About casualties: 94 | Last hour: 0

Severe Floods Kill 37 in Northeast ChinaSun, 18 Aug 2013 11:48:00 +0200.

The death toll has risen to 37 after the worst flooding for decades in northeast China, state media said Sunday.
China, Russia hit by severe floodsSun, 18 Aug 2013 10:25:00 +0200.

Floodwaters have been wreaking havoc in the northeast of China and eastern Russia. Dozens of people have been killed in China and hundreds of thousands of people in both countries have been displaced.
Severe Floods Kill 37 in Northeast ChinaSun, 18 Aug 2013 09:52:00 +0200.

The death toll has risen to 37 after the worst flooding for decades in northeast China, state media said Sunday. Liaoning province reported 12 flood-related deaths, with 32 others missing in Fushun city after downpours on Friday and Saturda
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Severe floods kill 37 in northeast ChinaSun, 18 Aug 2013 09:42:00 +0200.

The death toll has risen to 37 after the worst flooding for decades in northeast China, state media said Sunday. Liaoning province reported 12 flood-related deaths, with 32 others missing in Fushun city after downpours on Friday and Saturda
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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 (46), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),