Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for FRANCISCO-19
in , Japan, Korea, Republic of, Democratic People's Republic of, Russian Federation

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone FRANCISCO-19 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000580
Name FRANCISCO-19
From - To 01 Aug - 07 Aug
Exposed countries , Japan, Korea, Republic of, Democratic People's Republic of, Russian Federation
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 139 km/h Category 1
Maximum storm surge 1 m (06 Aug 03:00 UTC)
Vulnerability --

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 65 km/h 1 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 158 km/h 1.6 m n.a. 0.5
GFS 238 km/h 3.4 m n.a. 2.5
ECMWF 162 km/h 2.1 m n.a. 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Japan, South Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Tropical Cyclone FRANCISCO (ECHO 05 Aug 2019)Mon, 05 Aug 2019 13:04

  • Tropical Cyclone FRANCISCO is forecast to make landfall on 5 August over the eastern coast of Kyushu Island, close to Hyuga City (Miyazaki Prefecture) as a tropical storm before continuing  north-northwest towards South Korea.
  • Over the next 24 hours, heavy rainfall and strong winds are forecast over Kyushu Island and Shikoku Island. The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a warning for high waves over coastal areas of Kochi and Ehime prefectures.
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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06/Aug/2019 05:34 UTC

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