Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for KROVANH-15
Off-shore

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 1000212
Name KROVANH-15
From - To 14 Sep - 20 Sep
Exposed countries Off-shore
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 213 km/h Category 4
Maximum storm surge 0.2 m (18 Sep 16:00 UTC)
Vulnerability --

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 83 km/h 0.2 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

NASA's RapidScat sees Typhoon Krovanh's winds tightly around center 9/18/2015 5:08:00 PM.

RapidScat analyzed Krovanh's surface winds on Sept. 17 at 11 a.m. EDT and found the strongest winds near 30 meters per second (67 mph/108 kph) around the center of circulation. Credit: NASA JPL, Doug Tyler. The RapidScat instrument aboard t
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Typhoon Krovanh set to miss CNMI 9/17/2015 6:57:00 AM.

The Northern Marianas looks likely to be spared the brunt of Typhoon Krovanh if the system follows its projected path over the next few days. Krovanh which has wind speeds of over 120 kilometres per hour is expected to head northwest today
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CNMI Under Tropical Storm Watch 9/17/2015 5:18:00 AM.

Korvanh could become typhoon by Thursday. By Maria Hernandez. HAGÅTÑA, Guam (Pacific Daily News, Sept. 16, 2015) – A tropical storm watch is in effect for some islands in the Northern Mariana Islands chain, according to the National Weather
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CNMI under typhoon watch 9/17/2015 4:55:00 AM.

A typhoon watch has been issued for the Northern Marianas with winds expected to reach speeds of over 100 kilometres an hour later today. Tropical Storm Krovanh which is expected to intensify into a typhoon is threatening the Northern Islan
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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), INFORM (1), (1),