Overall Orange Tropical Cyclone alert for KROSA-13 in Philippines from 29 Oct 2013 18:00 UTC to 31 Oct 2013 18:00 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for KROSA-13

in Philippines

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	TC 40957
Name	KROSA-13
From - To	29 Oct - 04 Nov
Exposed countries	Philippines
Exposed population	1 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	185 km/h Category 3
Maximum storm surge	0.6 m (31 Oct 11:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	Medium (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
JRC	47 km/h	0.6 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.

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Daily Maps: Philippines - Tropical Cyclone KROSA-13

30/Oct/2013 04:23 UTC

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