Overall Red alert Tropical Cyclone for KALMAEGI-14
in Philippines, China, Viet Nam

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone KALMAEGI-14 can have a high humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 47823
Name KALMAEGI-14
From - To 12 Sep - 16 Sep
Exposed countries Philippines, China, Viet Nam
Exposed population 7.2 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 185 km/h Category 3
Maximum storm surge 2.9 m (16 Sep 07:00 UTC)
Vulnerability High (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
JRC 111 km/h 2.9 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.
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 401 | About casualties: 28 | Last hour: 0

Tropical Storm Fung-Wong May Impact...Thu, 18 Sep 2014 20:10:00 +0200.

Tropical Storm Fung-Wong, known as Mario in the Philippines, is bringing heavy rain and gusty winds to portions of the northern Philippines. The storm formed Thursday just east of the Philippines. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and
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Philippines: 18 September 2014: Mexico, Philippines, China, Vietnam - ... Thu, 18 Sep 2014 18:17:00 +0200.

Source: European Commission Humanitarian Aid department Country: China, Mexico, Philippines, Viet Nam MEXICO • On 17 September, ODILE moved over the northern Gulf of California and north-western mainland Mexico, weakening into a Tropical De
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Seven killed as typhoon Kalmaegi hits chinaThu, 18 Sep 2014 17:57:00 +0200.

18.09.2014 21:13 Typhoon Kalmaegi has killed 7 people in China. One person is reported missing. The typhoon has affected 6 million people in China. Provinces of Hainan, Guangdong and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region are among the areas wors
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Urgent support provided for typhoon Kalmaegi victimsThu, 18 Sep 2014 16:50:00 +0200.

The Vietnam Red Cross has pledged support to eight families who lost their members as a result of typhoon Kalmaegi in the northern province of Lang Son.

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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), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),