Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for SONCA-22
in Viet Nam, Laos, Cambodia

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone SONCA-22 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000936
Name SONCA-22
From - To 14 Oct - 14 Oct
Exposed countries Viet Nam, Laos, Cambodia
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 65 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge 0.5 m (14 Oct 17:00 UTC)
Vulnerability High (Cambodia)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 65 km/h 0.5 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 86 km/h 0.9 m 848 mm 0.5
GFS 137 km/h 1.1 m 513 mm 0.5
ECMWF 130 km/h 1 m 679 mm 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 125 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Asia and the Pacific: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot (11 - 17 O ... 2022-10-18T13:14+0200.

Sri Lanka. Heavy rains and strong winds have caused severe flooding and landslides in several parts of the country over the past week, affecting 56,000 people and displacing over 5,000 people from their homes. According to the Disaster Mana
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WEEKLY DISASTER UPDATE 10 – 16 October 20222022-10-17T12:00+0200.

REGIONAL SUMMARY: For the forty-first week of 2022, a total of 50 disasters (34 floods, 11 landslides, 1 storm, and 4 wind-related) affected the region. Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Viet Nam have reportedly been affec
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Another typhoon to enter South China Sea as Kingdom battles floods2022-10-16T12:21+0200.

Chan Yutha, spokesman and secretary of state at the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology, told local news yesterday that the 19 th typhoon in the region, Typhoon Sonca, has dissipated after making landfall in the central regions of V
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Da Nang, Quang Nam et Quang Ngai sont frapphés par des crues historiqu ... 2022-10-16T08:39+0200.

La ville de Da Nang et les provinces de Quang Nam et Quang Tri ont témoigné des inondations et crues historiques survenues depuis le soir 14 octobre après des précipitations intenses. La ville de Da Nang et les provinces du Centre de Quang
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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 (40), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),