Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for MAYSAK-15
in Philippines

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone MAYSAK-15 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000155
Name MAYSAK-15
Glide number: TC-2015-000028-FSM
From - To 27 Mar - 05 Apr
Exposed countries Philippines
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 259 km/h Category 5
Maximum storm surge 0.1 m (05 Apr 02:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 65 km/h 0.1 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.
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Thousands of Filipinos told to move out of typhoon's path 4/4/2015 11:03:00 AM.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) " Thousands of residents and tourists were told to leave the northeastern Philippines' coastline ahead of Typhoon Maysak, which is barreling from the Pacific after killing four people and destroying hundreds of home
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Thousands of Filipinos told to move out of typhoon's path 4/4/2015 10:37:00 AM.

MANILA, Philippines Thousands of residents and tourists were told to leave the northeastern Philippines' coastline ahead of Typhoon Maysak, which is barreling from the Pacific after killing four people and destroying hundreds of homes in Mi
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Près de 24'000 évacuations à l'approche du typhon Maysak 4/4/2015 10:20:00 AM.

«Nous prévoyons de déplacer les gens loin des villages côtiers», a indiqué samedi à l'AFP un haut-responsable de la défense civile. Soit au total 24'000 personnes dans la province d'Aurora, où le typhon doit frapper dimanche, ajoute-t-on. L
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Filipinos told to move out of typhoon's path 4/4/2015 10:13:00 AM.

Posted: Saturday, April 4, 2015 2:21 am. Associated Press 0 comments MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine government has told thousands of residents and tourists to leave coastal areas in the country's northeastern region in the path o
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

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