Overall Orange Tropical Cyclone alert for DAMREY-12 in China from 30 Jul 2012 00:00 UTC to 01 Aug 2012 06:00 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for DAMREY-12

in China

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone DAMREY-12 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	TC 31589
Name	DAMREY-12
From - To	30 Jul - 02 Aug
Exposed countries	China
Exposed population	20 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	138 km/h Category 1
Maximum storm surge	2.5 m (02 Aug 15:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	Medium (China)

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
JRC	101 km/h	2.5 m	n.a.	0.5
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.

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Infrastructures damaged by Typhoon Damrey in NE China 8/6/2012 3:04:00 PM.

The subgrade of a road is damaged by floods in Tuandian Town of Gaizhou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Aug. 6, 2012. Many infrastructures in Gaizhou were damaged by heavy rains and floods caused by Typhoon Damrey.

China: Floods Trap Hundreds, Kill At Least Nine 8/6/2012 1:20:00 PM.

Beijing, Aug 6, 2012, (SPA) - Rescue workers were trying Monday to save about 450 workers trapped in a flooded tunnel in north-eastern China's Liaoning province after Typhoon Damrey brought torrential rain that left at least nine dead and f

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Over 100 trapped in a mudslide in China 8/6/2012 12:07:00 PM.

Rain-triggered mudslide engulfed a village trapping over 100 people even as nine people were killed and four others found missing after Typhoon Damrey caused havoc in northeast China's Liaoning Province. Over 100 people were trapped in vill

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Over 100 trapped in China mudslide 8/6/2012 11:51:00 AM.

Rain-triggered mudslide engulfed a village trapping over 100 people even as nine people were killed and four others found missing after Typhoon Damrey caused havoc in northeast China's Liaoning province.

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