Overall Orange Tropical Cyclone for SANBA-12 in Korea, Republic of, Japan from 11 Sep 2012 00:00 UTC to 17 Sep 2012 06:00 UTC

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Overall Orange Tropical Cyclone for SANBA-12

in Korea, Republic of, Japan

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone SANBA-12 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	TC 32498
Name	SANBA-12
Glide number:	TC-2012-000163-JPN
From - To	11 Sep - 17 Sep
Exposed countries	Korea, Republic of, Japan
Exposed population	12.4 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	286 km/h Category 5
Maximum storm surge	1.5 m (17 Sep 03:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	Low (South Korea)

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
JRC	n.a	1.5 m	n.a.	0.5
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.

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