Overall Orange Tropical Cyclone for PHANFONE-19 in Philippines from 21 Dec 2019 18:00 UTC to 28 Dec 2019 18:00 UTC

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Overall Orange Tropical Cyclone for PHANFONE-19

in Philippines

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone PHANFONE-19 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	TC 1000641
Name	PHANFONE-19
Glide number:	TC-2019-000176-PHL
From - To	21 Dec - 28 Dec
Exposed countries	Philippines
Exposed population	4.5 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	176 km/h Category 2
Maximum storm surge	1 m (24 Dec 12:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	Medium (Philippines)

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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	191 km/h	1.2 m	876 mm	2.5
GFS	173 km/h	0.9 m	438 mm	1.5
ECMWF	112 km/h	0.8 m	477 mm	0.5

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