Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for BEBINCA-18
in Viet Nam, Laos, Thailand, China

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone BEBINCA-18 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000485
Name BEBINCA-18
Glide number: TC-2018-000136-VNM
From - To 12 Aug - 17 Aug
Exposed countries Viet Nam, Laos, Thailand, China
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 111 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge 1.2 m (16 Aug 21:00 UTC)
Vulnerability High (Vietnam)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 93 km/h 1.2 m n.a. 1.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 112 km/h 0.6 m n.a. 0.5
GFS 60 km/h 0.2 m n.a. 0.5
ECMWF n.a 0.4 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: 85 | About casualties: 10 | Last hour: 0

Nghệ An: New school year delayed due to BebincaMon, 20 Aug 2018 13:34:00 +0200.

NGHỆ AN Kindergartens, primary schools and secondary schools in mountainous areas of the central province of Nghệ An were unable to open for the new school year after devastation caused by Typhoon Bebinca, Vietnam News Agency reported. Most
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Viet Nam: Typhoon-triggered floods leave 10 dead, 2 missingMon, 20 Aug 2018 08:15:00 +0200.

HÀ NỘI — The death toll from floods caused by Typhoon Bebinca had increased to 10 as of Saturday, according to the Office of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control. Nghệ An Province was hardest hit with s
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Actu Au moins 10 morts lors du passage d'un typhon au VietnamMon, 20 Aug 2018 07:45:00 +0200.

Le typhon Bebinca a fait au moins 10 morts et trois disparus dans le nord du Vietnam, ont indiqué les autorités lundi. La tempête a provoqué d'importantes inondations et des glissements de terrains. Six personnes ont été tuées dans la prov
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Typhoon-triggered floods leave 10 dead, 2 missingMon, 20 Aug 2018 04:36:00 +0200.

HÀ NỘI — The death toll from floods caused by Typhoon Bebinca had increased to 10 as of Saturday, according to the Office of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control. Nghệ An Province was hardest hit with 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),