Overall Orange Tropical Cyclone for TEMBIN-17 in Viet Nam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Philippines from 20 Dec 2017 18:00 UTC to 24 Dec 2017 12:00 UTC

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Overall Orange Tropical Cyclone for TEMBIN-17

in Viet Nam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Philippines

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	TC 1000426
Name	TEMBIN-17
Glide number:	TC-2017-000182-VNM
From - To	20 Dec - 26 Dec
Exposed countries	Viet Nam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Philippines
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	148 km/h Category 1
Maximum storm surge	1.7 m (25 Dec 16:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	High (Vietnam)

GDACS Score

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
GDACS JTWC	n.a	1 m	n.a.	1.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF	85 km/h	0.7 m	n.a.	0.5
GFS	61 km/h	0.4 m	n.a.	0.5
ECMWF	n.a	0.5 m	n.a.	0.5

Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.

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Latest media headlines

Navy To Deliver 45 Tonnes Humanitarian Aid To Typhoon Tembin Victims 12/27/2017 4:00:00 PM.

Le Vietnam échappe au pire du typhon qui a balayé les Philippines 12/27/2017 1:11:00 PM.

Typhoon Tembin Weakens After Pummeling Philippines 12/27/2017 10:09:00 AM.

Evacuees in storm-effected localities return home 12/27/2017 7:48:00 AM.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (38), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),

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