Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for SONCA-17
in Viet Nam, Laos, Thailand

Impact

Tropical Cyclone SONCA-17 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed,exposed population and vulnerability.

Meteorological source GDACS
Exposed countries Viet Nam, Laos, Thailand
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 102 km/h
Maximum storm surge n.a.
Vulnerability High (Vietnam)

GDACS Score

GDACS alert score for Tropical Cyclones is 0.5 (GREEN Alert), 1.5 (ORANGE Alert), 2.5 (RED Alert)
For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
Current 83 km/h n.a. n.a. 0.5
Overall 102 km/h 0.0 m n.a. 0.5

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

Wind

83 km/h Current Max.

Up to 3.3 million people in Tropical Storm strength or higher (see SSHS)

Impact Timeline

Alert Date (UTC) Max Winds (km/h) Population in
Tropical Storm or higher
Population in
Cat 1. or higher
Countries
Green 1 21 Jul 2017 00:00 102 No people No people
Orange 2 21 Jul 2017 06:00 74 34.9 million No people China, Viet Nam
Green 3 21 Jul 2017 12:00 74 8 million No people China
Green 4 21 Jul 2017 18:00 56 No people No people
Green 5 22 Jul 2017 00:00 56 No people No people
Green 6 22 Jul 2017 06:00 65 2 million No people China
Green 7 22 Jul 2017 12:00 56 No people No people
Green 8 22 Jul 2017 18:00 56 No people No people
Green 9 23 Jul 2017 00:00 65 No people No people
Green 10 23 Jul 2017 06:00 65 1.5 million No people China
Green 11 23 Jul 2017 12:00 65 2.1 million No people China
Green 12 23 Jul 2017 18:00 83 2 million No people China, Viet Nam, Laos
Green 13 24 Jul 2017 00:00 93 4.2 million No people China, Viet Nam, Laos, Thailand
Green 14 24 Jul 2017 06:00 93 5.2 million No people China, Viet Nam, Laos, Thailand
Green 15 24 Jul 2017 12:00 83 2.8 million No people Viet Nam, Laos
Green 16 24 Jul 2017 18:00 83 3.1 million No people Viet Nam, Laos
Green 17 25 Jul 2017 00:00 83 3.3 million No people Viet Nam, Laos

Bulletin Timeline

Alert 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 21 Jul 2017 00:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people 17.1, 114.8
GREEN
2 21 Jul 2017 06:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people 17.8, 113.7
GREEN
3 21 Jul 2017 12:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people 18, 113.1
GREEN
4 21 Jul 2017 18:00 Tropical depression 46 no people no people 18.1, 112.6
GREEN
5 22 Jul 2017 00:00 Tropical depression 46 no people no people 18.2, 112.2
GREEN
6 22 Jul 2017 06:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people 17.8, 112
GREEN
7 22 Jul 2017 12:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people 17.7, 111.7
GREEN
8 22 Jul 2017 18:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people 17.8, 111.2
GREEN
9 23 Jul 2017 00:00 Tropical storm 65 no people no people 17.6, 111.6
GREEN
10 23 Jul 2017 06:00 Tropical storm 65 no people no people 17.6, 111.3
GREEN
11 23 Jul 2017 12:00 Tropical storm 65 no people no people 17.4, 111.6
GREEN
12 23 Jul 2017 18:00 Tropical storm 65 no people no people 16.9, 111.6
GREEN
13 24 Jul 2017 00:00 Tropical storm 74 no people no people 17, 111.4
GREEN
14 24 Jul 2017 06:00 Tropical storm 74 no people 650000 people 17, 110.9 China
GREEN
15 24 Jul 2017 12:00 Tropical storm 74 no people no people 16.8, 110.6
GREEN
16 24 Jul 2017 18:00 Tropical storm 83 no people 1.8 million people 16.7, 109.8 Viet Nam
GREEN
17 25 Jul 2017 00:00 Tropical storm 83 no people 2.9 million people 16.7, 108.6 Viet Nam
GREEN
17 25 Jul 2017 12:00 Tropical storm 65 no people 1.1 million people 16.8, 106.8 Viet Nam
GREEN
17 26 Jul 2017 00:00 Tropical depression 37 no people no people 16.9, 105 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

Country
Vietnam
Laos

Provinces

Region Province Country
Quang Nam-Da Nang Viet Nam
Thua Thien Hue Viet Nam
Quang Tri Viet Nam
Xekong Laos
Saravan Laos
Quang Binh Viet Nam
Savannakhet Laos
Khammouan Laos

Populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population
Dà Nang Da Nang Vietnam City -
Hue Thua Thien-Hue Vietnam Major city 280000 people
Quang Tri Quang Tri Vietnam City -

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft)
Marble Mountain 9 0
Da Nang DAD 6 Civ. Paved Yes 10000
Hue-Phu Bai HUI 6 Civ. Paved No 8800
Seno SND 185 0

Ports

Name LOCODE Country
Danang VNDAD Vietnam
Red Beach VNRBE Vietnam
Hue VNHUI Vietnam

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.