Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for TALAS-17
in Viet Nam, Laos, Thailand, China, Myanmar

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone TALAS-17 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000368
Name TALAS-17
From - To 15 Jul - 16 Jul
Exposed countries Viet Nam, Laos, Thailand, China, Myanmar
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 102 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge n.a.
Vulnerability High (Vietnam)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 93 km/h n.a. n.a. 1.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 92 km/h 1.1 m n.a. 0.5
GFS 50 km/h 0.5 m n.a. 0.5
ECMWF n.a 0.8 m n.a. 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 97 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

8 dead, 4 missing as Typhoon Talas hit C. VietnamThu, 20 Jul 2017 11:44:00 +0200.

HANOI, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Talas, which hit Vietnam's central provinces Monday, has left eight people dead and four others missing. Talas was the second tropical storm the country has faced so far this year. It has also caused 175 h
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Eight killed in Vietnam typhoonThu, 20 Jul 2017 11:00:00 +0200.

Eight people were killed and four others injured in Vietnam as typhoon Talas hit the country, officials said on Thursday. The typhoon also caused 175 houses to collapse, ripped roofs off nearly 6,200 houses, sank 57 fishing ships and boats
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8 dead, 4 missing as Typhoon Talas hit C. VietnamThu, 20 Jul 2017 09:57:00 +0200.

HANOI, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Talas, which hit Vietnam's central provinces Monday, has left eight people dead and four others missing. Talas was the second tropical storm the country has faced so far this year. It has also caused 175 h
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07/18 10:55 Chance of afternoon showers on Tuesday: CWBTue, 18 Jul 2017 05:32:00 +0200.

Taipei, July 18 (CNA) The weather will remain sunny with scattered clouds around Taiwan on Tuesday, with a chance of thunderstorms in parts of western Taiwan and mountainous areas in the afternoon, according to the Central Weather Bureau's
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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), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),