Overall Red Tropical Cyclone alert for BOLAVEN-12 in Japan from 20 Aug 2012 06:00 UTC to 24 Aug 2012 12:00 UTC

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Overall Red alert Tropical Cyclone for BOLAVEN-12

in Japan

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	TC 32007
Name	BOLAVEN-12
From - To	20 Aug - 28 Aug
Exposed countries	Japan
Exposed population	1.2 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	249 km/h Category 4
Maximum storm surge	2.5 m (28 Aug 11:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	Low (Japan)

GDACS Score

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
JRC	64 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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Latest media headlines

Typhoon Bolaven helps douse wildfires 8/31/2012 11:10:00 AM.

Typhoon Bolaven has helped firefighters to put out wildfires in the Khabarovsk Region, the local administration says.

Rescued Chinese fishermen to return from S. Korea 8/31/2012 7:47:00 AM.

A group of fishermen rescued after two Chinese fishing boats capsized off the southern island of Jeju in the wake of Typhoon Bolaven earlier this week is set to return home on Friday, according to Chinese consulate officials in Jeju.

Typhoon Bolaven to land in NE China 8/31/2012 6:46:00 AM.

Typhoon Bolaven is expected to make landfall in northeast China's Liaoning province on Tuesday, the meteorological center of the city of Shenyang said Monday.

Rescued Chinese fishermen to return home from S. Korea 8/31/2012 6:31:00 AM.

SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- A group of fishermen rescued after two Chinese fishing boats capsized off the southern island of Jeju in the wake of Typhoon Bolaven earlier this week is set to return home on Friday, according to Chinese consulat

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