Overall Green Tropical Cyclone alert for MERBOK-17 in China from 11 Jun 2017 00:00 UTC to 12 Jun 2017 18:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for MERBOK-17

in China

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone MERBOK-17 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	TC 1000359
Name	MERBOK-17
From - To	11 Jun - 12 Jun
Exposed countries	China
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	93 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge	n.a.
Vulnerability	Medium (China)

GDACS Score

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
GDACS JTWC	74 km/h	n.a.	n.a.	0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF	78 km/h	0.4 m	n.a.	0.5
GFS	64 km/h	0.4 m	n.a.	0.5
ECMWF	94 km/h	0.5 m	n.a.	0.5

Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.

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Latest media headlines

Des orages perturbent 300 vols dans le sud de la Chine 6/16/2017 5:26:00 PM.

Des orages dans la province chinoise du Guangdong (sud) ont provoqué l'annulation de 227 vols et le retard de 88 vols à l'aéroport international Baiyun de Guangzhou. Les conditions climatiques difficiles se sont améliorées dans la soirée. S

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12:30 China Confirms Million-dollar Economic Losses Due to Typhoon Mer.. 6/15/2017 7:00:00 PM.

China Confirms Million-dollar Economic Losses Due to Typhoon Merbok China Confirms Million-dollar Economic Losses Due to Typhoon Merbok China Confirms Million-dollar Economic Losses Due to Typhoon Merbok. Beijing, June 15 (Prensa Latina)

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No casualties reported in Typhoon Merbok 6/14/2017 6:12:00 PM.

GUANGZHOU, June 14 (Xinhua) -- No casualties have been reported in south China's Guangdong Province after it was lashed by Typhoon Merbok, the local government said Wednesday. However, heavy rain has destroyed 32 houses, flooded 13,000 hect

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No casualties reported in Typhoon Merbok 6/14/2017 6:11:00 PM.

GUANGZHOU, June 14 (Xinhua) -- No casualties have been reported in south China's Guangdong Province after it was lashed by Typhoon Merbok, the local government said Wednesday. However, heavy rain has destroyed 32 houses, flooded 13,000 hect

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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Daily Maps: China - Tropical Cyclone MERBOK

12/Jun/2017 04:46 UTC

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (38), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),

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