Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for MEKKHALA-15
in Philippines

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone MEKKHALA-15 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000135
Name MEKKHALA-15
From - To 14 Jan - 18 Jan
Exposed countries Philippines
Exposed population 480 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 130 km/h Category 1
Maximum storm surge 0.7 m (18 Jan 01:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 47 km/h 0 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

Articles: 399 | About casualties: 59 | Last hour: 0

Pope meets father of dead girl 9 hours agoTue, 20 Jan 2015 02:05:00 +0100.

HE IS grieving, but Paulino Padasas brought happy memories of his late daughter when he met with Pope Francis on Jan. 18, Rappler said Monday. The Pope met with the father of Kristel Mae Padasas, the 27-year-old aid worker who died after Sa
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Euphoria due to pope visit quickly fades in TaclobanMon, 19 Jan 2015 18:33:00 +0100.

Vincent Basiano sang and cheered along with a sea of other joyous typhoon survivors as Pope Francis celebrated Mass on a rainy Philippine day, but all too quickly the euphoria passed. Basiano lost his shanty home when Super Typhoon Haiyan,
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Pope euphoria fades in Philippine typhoon zoneMon, 19 Jan 2015 10:19:00 +0100.

Students perform during the departure of Pope Francis at Villamor Air Base in Pasay city, metro Manila, on Mondy. The pope left the Philippines at the end of a week-long trip to Asia that culminated with a rain-soaked Mass for about seven m
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Philippines: Pope euphoria quickly fades in Philippines typhoon zoneMon, 19 Jan 2015 09:24:00 +0100.

Tacloban, Philippines | AFP | Monday 1/19/2015 - 05:15 GMT | 609 words. Vincent Basiano sang and cheered along with a sea of other joyous typhoon survivors as Pope Francis celebrated mass on a rainy Philippine day, but all too quickly the e
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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),