Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for TRAMI-18
in Japan

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone TRAMI-18 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000507
Name TRAMI-18
From - To 20 Sep - 30 Sep
Exposed countries Japan
Exposed population 92.3 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 269 km/h Category 5
Maximum storm surge 0.1 m (28 Sep 00:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Low (Japan)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC n.a 2.2 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 260 km/h 0.7 m n.a. 0.5
GFS 71 km/h 0.7 m n.a. 0.5
ECMWF 162 km/h 0.6 m n.a. 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Japan - Tropical cyclone TRAMI and KONG-REY (ECHO 01 Oct 2018)Mon, 01 Oct 2018 13:00

  • Tropical cyclone TRAMI made landfall close to Tanabe (Wakayama Prefecture, Japan) on 30 September morning UTC as a typhoon. It then continued north-east crossing central Honshu Island and it reached the Pacific Ocean on 1 October.
  • Media reports, as of 1 October, that two people have been killed, two have gone missing, over 120 have been injured and more than 750 000 homes are without power. 
  • The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued, as of 1 October, a warning for storms and heavy rain over north-eastern and central Honshu Island and south-western Hokkaido Island.
  • A new tropical cyclone named KONG-REY formed south-east of Guam on 28 September. On 1 October at 0.00 UTC its centre was located 1 280 km south-east of Miyako Island (Okinawa archipelago, Japan) and it had maximum sustained winds of 176 km/h (typhoon). Over the next 24 hours, it is expected to continue north-west, strengthening. 
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