Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for SANBA-18
in Philippines, Palau

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone SANBA-18 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000435
Name SANBA-18
From - To 08 Feb - 15 Feb
Exposed countries Philippines, Palau
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 139 km/h Category 1
Maximum storm surge 0.4 m (13 Feb 11:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Philippines)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 37 km/h 0.4 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 62 km/h 0.5 m n.a. 0.5
GFS 70 km/h 0.6 m n.a. 0.5
ECMWF 64 km/h 0.6 m n.a. 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

NASA Finds Strongest Storms in Weakening Tropical Cyclone Sanba 2/16/2018 10:55:00 AM.

Infrared data from NASA's Terra satellite found the area of strongest storms in weakening Tropical Cyclone Sanba when it was over the island of Palawan. Infrared light provides valuable temperature data to forecasters and cloud top temperat
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Philippines storm death roll rises to 9 2/15/2018 12:40:00 AM.

Manila - The death toll from a tropical storm that struck the Philippines has risen to nine, officials said on Wednesday, as some of the thousands of displaced residents returned home with floods receding. Landslides and flash floods brough
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Philippines storm death roll rises to nine 2/14/2018 1:31:00 PM.

MANILA: The death toll from a tropical storm that struck the Philippines has risen to nine, officials said on Wednesday (Feb 14), as some of the thousands of displaced residents returned home with floods receding. Landslides and flash flood
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Philippines storm death roll rises to nine 2/14/2018 12:50:00 PM.

Residents walk through flooded rice fields in Cantilan, Surigao Del Sur province, Philippines February 13, 2018 in this still image obtained from social media video. — Reuters pic MANILA, Feb 14 — The death toll from a tropical storm that s
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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),