Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for ROKE-17
in China

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 1000376
Name ROKE-17
From - To 21 Jul - 23 Jul
Exposed countries China
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 83 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 56 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 n.a n.a. n.a. n.a.
ECMWF n.a 0.3 m n.a. 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

China braces for Typhoon Roke 7/23/2017 5:04:00 PM.

China's Guangdong Province is bracing for Typhoon Roke which made landfall in coastal areas of this morning. Hong Kong Over 40,000 fishing boats have returned to port while 13,530 people working at sea farms along the coast of Guangdong hav
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Typhon Roke : plus de 40.000 bateaux rentrent au port dans le Guangdon.. 7/23/2017 2:00:00 PM.

La province chinoise du Guangdong (sud) se prépare à l'arrivée du typhon Roke, qui a touché terre dimanche à 9h50 dans les zones côtières le long de Sai Kung, à Hong Kong. Un total de 40.473 bateaux de pêche sont rentrés au port, et 13.530
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Over 40,000 boats return to port as Guangdong braces for typhoon 7/23/2017 11:42:00 AM.

GUANGZHOU, July 23 (Xinhua) -- South China's Guangdong Province is bracing for the arrival of Typhoon Roke, which made landfall in coastal areas along Sai Kung, Hong Kong at 9: 50 a.m. Sunday. A total of 40,473 fishing boats have returned t
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Over 40,000 boats return to port as Guangdong braces for typhoon 7/23/2017 11:24:00 AM.

SOUTH China's Guangdong Province is bracing for the arrival of Typhoon Roke, which made landfall in coastal areas along Sai Kung, Hong Kong at 9: 50 a.m. Sunday. A total of 40,473 fishing boats have returned to port while 13,530 people work
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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 (38), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),