Overall Red Tropical Cyclone alert for SON-TINH-12 in Viet Nam from 24 Oct 2012 00:00 UTC to 29 Oct 2012 00:00 UTC

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Overall Red alert Tropical Cyclone for SON-TINH-12

in Viet Nam

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone SON-TINH-12 can have a high humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	TC 33292
Name	SON-TINH-12
Glide number:	TC-2012-000181-VNM
From - To	24 Oct - 29 Oct
Exposed countries	Viet Nam
Exposed population	7.3 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	204 km/h Category 3
Maximum storm surge	2.2 m (28 Oct 15:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	High (Vietnam)

GDACS Score

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
JRC	111 km/h	2.2 m	n.a.	1.5
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.

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