Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for MATMO-14
in China

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone MATMO-14 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 46757
Name MATMO-14
Glide number: TC-2014-000097-CHN
From - To 18 Jul - 23 Jul
Exposed countries China
Exposed population 9.3 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 204 km/h Category 3
Maximum storm surge 1.1 m (23 Jul 10:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (China)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
JRC 93 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 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.
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Latest media headlines

Typhoon Matmo kills 13 people in China 7/27/2014 11:48:00 AM.

BEIJING -- A typhoon has killed 13 people in China and left thousands in need of basic living supplies, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said Sunday. Typhoon Matmo (locally named Henry in Philippines) dumped heavy rain on Taiwan before making
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Typhoon Matmo kills 13 in China 7/27/2014 11:36:00 AM.

Thirteen people have been killed and about 2.5 million civilians affected as Typhoon Matmo swept through eight provinces of China, officials said Sunday. Nine deaths were reported in east China's ...
Typhoon Matmo kills 13 people in China 7/27/2014 11:27:00 AM.

A typhoon has killed 13 people in China and left thousands in need of basic living supplies, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said Sunday.
Typhoon Matmo kills 13 people in China 7/27/2014 11:22:00 AM.

A typhoon has killed 13 people in China and left thousands in need of basic living supplies, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said Sunday. Click to Continue

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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),