Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for MITAG-19
in China, Japan, Korea, Republic of

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone MITAG-19 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000609
Name MITAG-19
From - To 27 Sep - 03 Oct
Exposed countries China, Japan, Korea, Republic of
Exposed population 2 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 167 km/h Category 2
Maximum storm surge 2.4 m (01 Oct 15:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (China)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 74 km/h 2.4 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF n.a n.a. n.a. n.a.
GFS 173 km/h 1.9 m 391 mm 0.5
ECMWF 140 km/h 1.5 m 416 mm 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Damage from Mitag grows after typhoon brings heavy rain to Korea 10/7/2019 4:44:00 AM.

SEOUL (The Korea Herald/ANN) -- South Korea remains on alert for damage stemming from Typhoon Mitag, which exited the peninsula Thursday morning after battering the country in heavy downpour, takin lives, flooding homes and roads and damagi
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19 M/CLOUDY TOKYO (7 p.m.) 10/6/2019 12:36:00 PM.

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South Korea: Typhoon kills 11, rescue efforts underway 10/4/2019 6:51:00 PM.

The death toll from the Typhoon Mitag has risen to 11 after it struck South Korea late Wednesday, the safety officials confirmed on Friday. At least three others are still missing after the typhoon swept across the country late Wednesday in
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Typhon Mitag : le bilan s’alourdit avec 11 morts, 8 blessés et 3 dispa.. 10/4/2019 1:15:00 PM.

Après le passage du 18e typhon Mitag, qui a frappé le sud-est et l’est de la péninsule mercredi et jeudi, le bilan s’alourdit. Selon les autorités du pays, on déplore désormais 11 morts, huit blessés et trois disparus. Les fortes précipitat
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30/Sep/2019 05:05 UTC

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (38), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),