Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for PODUL-25
in Taiwan, China

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone PODUL-25 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1001194
Name PODUL-25
From - To 07 Aug - 13 Aug
Exposed countries Taiwan, China
Exposed population 8.5 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 167 km/h Category 2
Maximum storm surge 1.5 m (13 Aug 16:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (China)

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 167 km/h 1.5 m n.a. 1.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 212 km/h 1.3 m 581 mm 1.5
GFS 169 km/h 0.9 m 645 mm 0.5
ECMWF 119 km/h 1 m 432 mm 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Taiwan, China, Japan - Tropical cyclone PODUL (ECHO 16 Aug 2025)Mon, 11 Aug 2025 09:42

  • A new tropical cyclone named PODUL formed in the West Pacific Ocean on 7 August, started moving northwest toward Taiwan and the Taiwan Strait, with maximum sustained winds of 204 km/h. On 11 August, at 0.00 its centre was located over the Philippine Sea, it is moving westward as tropical storm (102 km/h), approximately 900 km south-east of Miyako Island in the Okinawa prefecture of southern Japan and 1,200 km east of Taiwan.
  • PODUL is expected to intensify into a typhoon on 12 August and make the first landfall over north-eastern Taiwan in the morning (UTC) of 13 August, and the second landfall over southeastern Fujan province in China in the evening of 13 August as tropical storm.
  • For the next 72 hours, heavy rainfall and strong winds are expected across most of Taiwan, southeastern China, southern Japan, and northern Philippines.
Taiwan, China, Japan - Tropical cyclone PODUL (ECHO 17 Aug 2025)Tue, 12 Aug 2025 10:30

  • Tropical cyclone PODUL, which formed in the West Pacific Ocean on 7 August, is located over the Philippine Sea and continues to move west-northwest toward Taiwan and the Taiwan Strait. On 12 August, at 0.00 its centre was located approximately 550 km south-east of Taketomi Island in the Okinawa prefecture of southern Japan, and 700 km south-east of the eastern coast of Taiwan, with a maximum sustained winds of 120 km/h (typhoon).
  • PODUL is expected to intensify between 12-13 August, with maximum sustained winds of 157 km/h. It will make the first landfall near Taitung city, in south-eastern Taiwan, in the morning (UTC) of 13 August, and the second landfall over southeastern China between 13 and 14 August.
  • According to media, as of 12 August, hundreds of people are evacuating across Taiwan, including at least 700 people in Hualien county due to the risk of overflow from a natural dam.
  • For the next 48 hours, heavy rainfall and strong winds are expected across most of Taiwan, southern Japan, and northern Philippines. A red warning for typhoon has been issued for eastern Taiwan.
 Taiwan, China - Tropical cyclone PODUL, update (ECHO 18 Aug 2025)Wed, 13 Aug 2025 10:22

  • Tropical cyclone PODUL continued moving west over the Philippine Sea toward southern Taiwan on 12 August, strengthening, with maximum sustained winds up to 157 km/h (typhoon). On 13 August at 0.00 UTC, its centre was located over the sea approximately 90 km east of the Hengchun city area, far southern Taiwan, with maximum sustained winds of 167 km/h.
  • PODUL is expected to make landfall over the far southern Taiwan late in the morning of 13 August, with maximum sustained winds of 160 km/h. After that, it is forecast to make a second landfall over the Shantou city area, eastern China late in the afternoon of 13 August, with maximum sustained winds of 130 km/h.
  • Over the next 48 hours, heavy rainfall, strong winds and storm surges are forecast over most of Taiwan and coastal eastern China.
Taiwan, China - Tropical cyclone PODUL, update (ECHO 19 Aug 2025)Thu, 14 Aug 2025 11:25

  • Tropical cyclone PODUL continued moving westward and made landfall over Taitung county, south-eastern Taiwan in the morning (UTC) of 13 August, with maximum sustained winds of approximately 170 km/h (typhoon). After that, it made a second landfall over Zhangpu county, Fujian province, eastern China in the afternoon of 13 August, with maximum sustained winds up to 120 km/h. On 14 August at 0.00, its centre was located inland over the Fujian province as a tropical depression.
  • Its passage caused very heavy rainfall, and strong winds resulted in casualties. In southern Taiwan, media report as of 14 August, one missing and around 5,500 evacuated people. In China, approximately 15,000 evacuated people across Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi provinces were reported.
  • PODUL is forecast to further weaken and dissipate in the afternoon of 14 August over central-eastern China.
  • Over the next 24 hours, very heavy rainfall is still forecast across most of Taiwan and coastal eastern China, while heavy rainfall is forecast over eastern and central-southern China over 15-16 August.    
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