Overall Red alert Tropical Cyclone for KONG-REY-24
in Philippines, Taiwan, China, Japan

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone KONG-REY-24 can have a high humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1001118
Name KONG-REY-24
Glide number: TC-2024-000200-CHN
From - To 25 Oct - 01 Nov
Exposed countries Philippines, Taiwan, China, Japan
Exposed population 15.8 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 241 km/h Category 4
Maximum storm surge 0.2 m (27 Oct 23:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (China)

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 83 km/h 0.1 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 245 km/h 1.7 m 1644 mm 2.5
GFS 184 km/h 1.5 m 751 mm 1.5
ECMWF 176 km/h 1.3 m 975 mm 1.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Philippines, Taiwan - Tropical cyclone KONG-REY (ECHO 03 Nov 2024)Tue, 29 Oct 2024 11:10

  • A new tropical cyclone named KONG-REY ("Leon" in the Philippines) formed over the northern Philippines Sea on 25 October and started moving west toward the Luzon Strait (between northern Philippines and southern Taiwan), strengthening. On 29 October at 6.00 UTC its centre was located over the sea approximately 760 km south-east of the Taitung city (far south-eastern Taiwan) and 450 km east of Santa Ana city (north-eastern Philippines), with maximum sustained winds of 176 km/h (typhoon).
  • On the forecast track, KONG-REY is expected to continue moving northwestward over the northern Philippine Sea and the Luzon Strait on 29-30 October, further strengthening. KONG-REY is forecast to make landfall over the Taitung city area (Taiwan) on 31 October early in the morning (UTC), with maximum sustained winds of 213 km/h (typhoon).
  • Over the next 72 hours, very heavy rainfall, strong winds and storm surges are forecast over northern Luzon island (northern Philippines) and the whole Taiwan.
Vietnam - Tropical Cyclone TRAMI, update (ECHO 04 Nov 2024)Wed, 30 Oct 2024 12:33

  • Tropical cyclone TRAMI dissipated over the South China Sea after it crossed central eastern Vietnam on 27 October and the central Philippines on 23-24 October.
  • In Vietnam, the death toll reached three people, all in Quang Binh province, and four others have been injured (one in Quang Tri and four in Quang Nam province), as reported by ADINet. The same source registered 143,424 affected people as well as almost 36,000 houses.
  • For the next 48 hours, heavy rainfall is expected across central-northern Vietnam and northern Philippines.
Taiwan, Philippines - Tropical Cyclone KONG-REY, update (ECHO 04 Nov 2024)Wed, 30 Oct 2024 12:33

  • Tropical cyclone KONG-REY ("Leon" in the Philippines) is moving north-west toward central-eastern Taiwan, strengthening and passing close to the north-eastern coast of Luzon (northern Philippines). On 30 October at 7.15 UTC, its centre was located over the sea approximately 443 km north-east of Taitung city (far south-eastern Taiwan) and 253 km north-east of Santa Ana city (north-eastern Philippines), with maximum sustained winds of 190 km/h as registered by the Central Weather Administration of Taiwan (CWA).
  • On the forecast track, KONG-REY is expected to continue moving northwestward over the northern Philippine Sea and it could make landfall on 31 October across an area between Taitung and Hualien county, with maximum sustained winds of 190 km/h.
  • Over the next 48 hours, very heavy rainfall, strong winds and storm surges are forecast over northern Luzon island (northern Philippines) and the whole of Taiwan where red warnings for typhoon and heavy rain are in effect. 
KONG-REY-24 - EC/ECHO daily mapThu, 31 Oct 2024 16:52

A new EC/ECHO daily map is now available
Taiwan - Tropical cyclone KONG-REY, update (ECHO 09 Nov 2024)Mon, 04 Nov 2024 11:38

  • Tropical cyclone KONG-REY passed over southern and central Taiwan in the morning (UTC) of 31 October as a typhoon, with maximum sustained winds up to 185 km/h (typhoon). After that it continued northeastward over the coastal Zhejiang province, eastern China and the northern East China Sea, further weakening and dissipating on 1 November. 
  • Its passage over Taiwan caused very heavy rainfall, strong winds, floods and severe weather-related incidents across the whole island, resulted in casualites and damage. Media reports, as of 4 November, three fatalities, of which one in the Nantou county, one in the Taoyuan city area and one more in the Taipei city area. In addition, media also reports more than 690 injured people across the island. 
  • Over the next 48 hours, light rainfall is forecast over central Taiwan.
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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