Overall Orange Tropical Cyclone alert for SAOLA-12 in China from 28 Jul 2012 06:00 UTC to 12:00

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Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for SAOLA-12

in China

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	TC 31574
Name	SAOLA-12
From - To	28 Jul - 03 Aug
Exposed countries	China
Exposed population	8.8 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	195 km/h Category 3
Maximum storm surge	0.8 m (01 Aug 19:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	Medium (China)

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
JRC	n.a	0.8 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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China Braces for Record Third Typhoon after 2 Storms 8/6/2012 5:46:00 PM.

China braced on Monday for a record third typhoon in a week after two powerful storms smashed into its eastern coast over the weekend leaving at least 14 people dead and large areas under water

Typhoon-triggered rainstorm leaves 23 dead, 9 missing 8/6/2012 5:24:00 PM.

WUHAN/SHENYANG/BEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-three people have been confirmed dead and nine others remained missing after typhoons Damrey and Saola tore through China's eastern coastal regions over the weekend, local authorities said M

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450 trapped in a flooded tunnel in China 8/6/2012 4:20:00 PM.

HUNDREDS of construction workers are trapped in a Chinese railway tunnel after heavy rains brought by Typhoon Damrey.

Rainstorm leaves 14 dead, 5 missing 8/6/2012 4:09:00 PM.

At least 14 people have been confirmed dead and five others remained missing after typhoons Damrey and Saola tore through China's eastern coastal regions over the weekend, local authorities said Monday.

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