Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for LIONROCK-21
in Viet Nam, China

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone LIONROCK-21 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000837
Name LIONROCK-21
From - To 07 Oct - 10 Oct
Exposed countries Viet Nam, China
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 74 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge 1.1 m (08 Oct 21:00 UTC)
Vulnerability High (Vietnam)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 46 km/h 1.1 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF n.a n.a. n.a. n.a.
GFS 112 km/h 2.3 m 998 mm 0.5
ECMWF 104 km/h 2 m 668 mm 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 66 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Hong Kong minacciata dal secondo tifone in meno di una settimana2021-10-13T13:29+0200.

Hong Kong, 13 ott. (askanews) - Per la seconda volta in meno di una settimana Hong Kong si prepara all'arrivo di un tifone: la tempesta tropicale Kompasu ("compasso" in giapponese), sta avanzando da Sud verso la ex-colonia britannica con pr
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Spettacoli Hong Kong minacciata dal secondo tifone in meno di una sett ... 2021-10-13T12:35+0200.

Hong Kong, 13 ott. (askanews) - Per la seconda volta in meno di una settimana Hong Kong si prepara all'arrivo di un tifone: la tempesta tropicale Kompasu ("compasso" in giapponese), sta avanzando da Sud verso la ex-colonia britannica con pr
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Hong Kong minacciata dal secondo tifone in meno di una settimana2021-10-13T11:59+0200.

Hong Kong, 13 ott. (askanews) – Per la seconda volta in meno di una settimana Hong Kong si prepara all’arrivo di un tifone: la tempesta tropicale Kompasu (“compasso” in giapponese), sta avanzando da Sud verso la ex-colonia britannica con pr
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Après Lionrock, le Vietnam se prépare au typhon Kompasu2021-10-13T07:43+0200.

Hanoi (VNA) – Après le passage du typhon Lionrock, le Vietnam se préparait mercredi 12 octobre à l’arrivée du typhon Kompasu, une tempête tropicale violente avec des vents pouvant atteindre 117 km/h et des pluies torrentielles. La 8e tempêt
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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 (40), (2), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),