Overall Red Tropical Cyclone for KALMAEGI-25
in Viet Nam, Cambodia, Philippines, Laos

Impact

Tropical Cyclone KALMAEGI-25 can have a high humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed,exposed population and vulnerability.

Meteorological source GDACS
Glide number: TC-2025-000203-PHL
Exposed countries Viet Nam, Cambodia, Philippines, Laos
Exposed population 14.1 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 213 km/h
Maximum storm surge 1.3 m (03 Nov 17:00 UTC)
Vulnerability High (Cambodia)
Landfall between
06 Nov 2025 06:00 - 06 Nov 2025 12:00

in Viet Nam

GDACS Score

GDACS score for Tropical Cyclones is 0.5 (GREEN Level), 1.5 (ORANGE Level), 2.5 (RED Level)
For more info on GDACS core click here.
  Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
Current 185 km/h 0.7 m n.a. 2.5
Overall 213 km/h 1.3 m n.a. 2.5

Maximum winds, storm surge, rainfall (Current: over the next 72 h, Overall: entire TC track) based on GDACS impact

Wind

185 km/h Current Max.

Up to 14.1 million people in Category 1 strength or higher (see SSHS)

Impact Timeline

Level N° Date (UTC) Max Winds (km/h) Population in
Tropical Storm or higher
Population in
Cat 1. or higher
Countries
Orange 1 01 Nov 2025 06:00 130 28.7 million 8.1 million Philippines
Orange 2 01 Nov 2025 12:00 157 41.1 million 5.1 million Philippines
Orange 3 01 Nov 2025 18:00 167 49.7 million 3.8 million Philippines
Orange 4 02 Nov 2025 00:00 176 42 million 3.5 million Philippines
Orange 5 02 Nov 2025 06:00 194 47.2 million 9.4 million Philippines, Viet Nam, Laos
Orange 6 02 Nov 2025 12:00 194 46.2 million 9.3 million Philippines, Viet Nam, Laos
Red 7 02 Nov 2025 18:00 176 53.1 million 9.4 million Philippines, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Laos
Red 8 03 Nov 2025 00:00 176 38.5 million 13.1 million Philippines, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand
Red 9 03 Nov 2025 06:00 185 48.3 million 13.4 million Philippines, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Laos
Red 10 03 Nov 2025 12:00 176 43.1 million 10.6 million Philippines, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand
Red 11 03 Nov 2025 18:00 185 42.1 million 8.8 million Philippines, Viet Nam, Laos, Thailand
Red 12 04 Nov 2025 00:00 185 44.4 million 12.3 million Philippines, Viet Nam, Cambodia
Red 13 04 Nov 2025 06:00 176 43.1 million 11.6 million Philippines, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Laos
Red 14 04 Nov 2025 12:00 157 41.1 million 11.8 million Philippines, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand
Red 15 04 Nov 2025 18:00 176 40.3 million 12.7 million Philippines, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand
Red 16 05 Nov 2025 00:00 176 42.7 million 13.7 million Philippines, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand
Orange 17 05 Nov 2025 06:00 176 43.8 million 11.4 million Philippines, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Laos
Orange 18 05 Nov 2025 12:00 157 37.4 million 10.5 million Philippines, Viet Nam, Laos
Red 19 05 Nov 2025 18:00 204 37.6 million 10.4 million Philippines, Viet Nam
Red 20 06 Nov 2025 00:00 213 37.6 million 12.9 million Viet Nam, Philippines, Cambodia, Laos
Red 21 06 Nov 2025 06:00 204 41.5 million 12.7 million Viet Nam, Cambodia, Philippines
Red 22 06 Nov 2025 12:00 185 44.3 million 14.1 million Viet Nam, Cambodia, Philippines, Laos

Bulletin Timeline

Level N° Date (UTC) Category
(SSHS)
Max winds
(km/h)
Population in
Cat.1 or higher
Population in
Tropical Storm
or higher
Location (lat, lon) Countries
GREEN
1 01 Nov 2025 06:00 Tropical depression 46 no people no people 9.8, 138.1
GREEN
2 01 Nov 2025 12:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people 10.2, 137.2
GREEN
3 01 Nov 2025 18:00 Tropical storm 74 no people no people 10.6, 136.4
GREEN
4 02 Nov 2025 00:00 Tropical storm 83 no people no people 10.8, 135.1
GREEN
5 02 Nov 2025 06:00 Tropical storm 93 no people no people 11.3, 133.3
GREEN
6 02 Nov 2025 12:00 Tropical storm 102 no people no people 11.3, 131.8
GREEN
7 02 Nov 2025 18:00 Tropical storm 111 no people 120000 people 11, 130.1
GREEN
8 03 Nov 2025 00:00 Category 1 130 <1000 people 2.7 million people 10.5, 128.9
ORANGE
9 03 Nov 2025 06:00 Category 1 148 1 million people 16 million people 10.4, 127.7
ORANGE
10 03 Nov 2025 12:00 Category 2 167 3.4 million people 25.6 million people 10.6, 126.3
ORANGE
11 03 Nov 2025 18:00 Category 1 148 5.7 million people 26 million people 11.1, 124.4 Philippines
ORANGE
12 04 Nov 2025 00:00 Category 1 130 5.8 million people 20 million people 10.6, 123.2 Philippines
ORANGE
13 04 Nov 2025 06:00 Category 1 130 460000 people 10.1 million people 10.4, 121.8 Philippines
ORANGE
14 04 Nov 2025 12:00 Category 1 130 290000 people 2.1 million people 10.6, 120.8
ORANGE
15 04 Nov 2025 18:00 Category 1 130 300000 people 1 million people 10.9, 119.9
GREEN
16 05 Nov 2025 00:00 Category 1 139 85000 people 1 million people 11.4, 119.1
GREEN
17 05 Nov 2025 06:00 Category 1 148 no people no people 12.1, 117.1
GREEN
18 05 Nov 2025 12:00 Category 2 167 no people no people 12.5, 115.9
GREEN
19 05 Nov 2025 18:00 Category 3 185 no people <1000 people 13.2, 114.3
RED
20 06 Nov 2025 00:00 Category 4 213 1.8 million people 8.8 million people 13.2, 112.1
RED
21 06 Nov 2025 06:00 Category 3 204 3 million people 11.1 million people 13.3, 110.6
RED
22 06 Nov 2025 12:00 Category 3 185 4.3 million people 13.1 million people 13.6, 109.1 Viet Nam
GREEN
22 07 Nov 2025 00:00 Tropical storm 83 no people 4.1 million people 14.7, 106.4 Laos, Cambodia
GREEN
22 07 Nov 2025 12:00 Tropical depression 37 no people no people 15.7, 104.2 Thailand
Actual track of the current bulletin
The alert for forecast greater than 3 days is limited to Orange level.
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Exposed population - AoIs

Exposed population in the potential affected countries, provinces and populated places

Countries

Source: GADM and GHSL
Population in Category 1 or higher strength
4.1 million people
21000 people
150000 people
7.9 million people

Provinces

Source: GADM and GHSL
Population in Category 1 or higher strength
1.2 million people
810000 people
1.7 million people
4600 people
<1000 people
400000 people
20000 people
140000 people
1100 people
16000 people
200000 people
4.3 million people
1.3 million people
2.1 million people
16000 people

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Rainfall

Rainfall accumulation of the past 24h, as detected by the Global Precipitation Measurement mission of NASA. For more information, see https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GPM/main/index.html.

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StormSurge

The JRC has developed an experimental global storm surge model. The calculations are published about 20 minutes after a new advisory is detected by GDACS. The calculations identify the populated places affected by storm surge up to three days in advance, using the forecasted track. When forecasts change, the associated storm surge changes too and alert levels may go up or down. All links, data, statistics and maps refer to the latest available calculation. If the calculation for the last advisory is not completed, the latest available calculation is shown.