Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for SOULIK-13
in China, Japan

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone SOULIK-13 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 38773
Name SOULIK-13
From - To 08 Jul - 13 Jul
Exposed countries China, Japan
Exposed population 23.5 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 241 km/h Category 4
Maximum storm surge 1.7 m (13 Jul 06:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (China)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
JRC 111 km/h 1.7 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
Satellite products
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Signal no. 2 up in Batanes due to 'Huaning' 7/12/2013 7:18:00 AM.

MANILA – Public storm signal number 2 was raised over the Batanes Group of Islands before noon as typhoon "Huaning" moved closer to the Taiwan-Batanes area, state weather bureau PAGASA said Friday.
Taiwan evacuates tourists as super-typhoon approaches 7/12/2013 7:00:00 AM.

More than 2,000 tourists have been evacuated from Taiwan as it braces for the arrival of super-typhoon Soulik.
Taiwan evacuates tourists as super-typhoon approaches 7/12/2013 6:27:00 AM.

More than 2,000 tourists have been evacuated from Taiwan as it braces for the arrival of super-typhoon Soulik.
Heavy rain forecast for Taiwan as typhoon nears 7/12/2013 6:26:00 AM.

Taiwan is alerting residents that an approaching typhoon is threatening to bring strong winds and heavy rains to the island. The Central Weather Bureau says Typhoon Soulik was at sea Friday morning about 450km southeast of northern Yilan co
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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 (46), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),