Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for JONGDARI-24 in Republic of Korea from 19 Aug 2024 00:00 UTC to 20 Aug 2024 18:00 UTC

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Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for JONGDARI-24

in Republic of Korea

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone JONGDARI-24 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	TC 1001085
Name	JONGDARI-24
From - To	19 Aug - 20 Aug
Exposed countries	Republic of Korea
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	65 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge	0.6 m (20 Aug 05:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	Low (South Korea)

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
GDACS JTWC	65 km/h	0.6 m	n.a.	0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF	79 km/h	0.4 m	486 mm	0.5
GFS	76 km/h	0.7 m	396 mm	0.5
ECMWF	65 km/h	0.5 m	277 mm	0.5

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Republic of Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Tropical storm JONGDARI (ECHO 25 Aug 2024)Tue, 20 Aug 2024 10:36

A new tropical storm named JONGDARI formed over the southern East China Sea (in the area of the Ryukyu islands, far southern Japan) on 19 August early in the morning (UTC) and started moving north toward the Korean peninsula, as a tropical storm. On 20 August at 0.00 UTC, its centre was located over the East China Sea approximately 225 km south of the Jeju-Do Island and 345 km south of the Jeollanam-do province (southern Republic of Korea), with maximum sustained winds of 65 km/h (tropical storm).
JONGDARI is forecast to continue moving northward and to make landfall as a tropical depression on 20 August late in the evening (UTC) over the border area between the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Over 20-22 August, heavy rainfall, strong winds and storm surges are forecast over the whole Korean peninsula.

Republic of Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Tropical storm JONGDARI update (ECHO 26 Aug 2024)Wed, 21 Aug 2024 10:14

Storm JONGDARI made landfall as a tropical depression over the border area between the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), just west of Seoul, on 20 August. On 21 August at 6.00 UTC, its centre was located inland over south-eastern DPRK, as a tropical depression.
Its passage caused a number of evacuation orders and some material damage across southern Republic of Korea and the Seoul area.
JONGDARI is forecast to continue moving northeastward over the Sea of Japan, dissipating on 21 August in the afternoon (UTC).
Over the next 48 hours, heavy rainfall, strong winds and storm surges are forecast over the whole Korean peninsula.

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