Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for SANBA-23
in China

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone SANBA-23 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1001023
Name SANBA-23
From - To 17 Oct - 20 Oct
Exposed countries China
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 74 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge 0.6 m (19 Oct 18:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (China)

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 46 km/h 0.6 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 97 km/h 0.7 m 937 mm 0.5
GFS 83 km/h 0.7 m 448 mm 0.5
ECMWF 76 km/h 0.8 m 627 mm 0.5
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Latest media headlines

Typhoon Sanba brings heavy rain to southern China 10/23/2023 4:30:00 AM.

Affected by Typhoon Sanba, parts of south China's Guangdong Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region were lashed by rainstorms and gales from Thursday evening to Friday morning. . The Guangdong Meteorological Service reported that unde
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Hainan Island and other places have heavy precipitation, and gusts in .. 10/22/2023 4:07:00 PM.

2023-10-22T14:06:52.059Z. Highlights: Hainan Island and other places have heavy precipitation, and gusts in some waters such as the Taiwan Strait have reached 9. There are 6~1 level winds in parts of central Inner Mongolia, eastern Heilongj
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Cina, salvato uomo bloccato nella sua auto in mezzo a un fiume 10/21/2023 3:22:00 PM.

(LaPresse) Dalla Cina arrivano le immagini del salvataggio di un uomo bloccato nella sua auto in mezzo a un fiume in piena. E' successo a Yulin, nella provincia di Guangxi uno dei territori più colpiti dalle piogge torrenziali degli ultimi
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Typhoon "Sanba" carried violent storms and rain to Guangdong and water.. 10/21/2023 3:07:00 PM.

2023-10-21T13:06:11.600Z. Highlights: Typhoon "Sanba" carried violent storms and rain to Guangdong and waterlogged in some areas. This year's No. 20 typhoon "Samba" weakened to a tropical depression at 16 o'clock on the same day. Maoming Ci
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (40), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),