Overall Red alert Tropical Cyclone for MAWAR-23
in Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Philippines, Japan, China

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 1000972
Name MAWAR-23
From - To 20 May - 03 Jun
Exposed countries Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Philippines, Japan, China
Exposed population 170 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 296 km/h Category 5
Maximum storm surge 0.8 m (24 May 08:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Guam)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 65 km/h 0.8 m n.a. 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Satellite products
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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"ECHO Daily Map of 30 May 2023"

Latest media headlines

Governor authorizes emergency procurement, overtime 6/6/2023 11:39:00 PM.

The post-typhoon response efforts should be moving much faster now that Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero has signed an executive order authorizing emergency procurement for emergency response expenses. This includes all response efforts to Typhoon
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Bracing for disaster 6/6/2023 6:43:00 PM.

The occurrences of scattered to at times widespread rainfall associated with the southwest monsoon (habagat) during the past few days confirmed indeed the onset of the rainy season in our country. Last Friday, our very own Philippine Atmosp
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Lions Club members hold coin drive for Guam; will send relief goods to.. 6/6/2023 6:21:00 PM.

REGION II, District 204 of the Lions Clubs International, in collaboration with the Fraternal Order of Eagles (Philippine Eagles), Saipan-Guam Eagle District, collected a total of $5,817 from a coin drive held on June 2. According to Region
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"We are very lucky": Pets from local animal shelter safe after typhoon 6/6/2023 6:19:00 PM.

Despite Typhoon Mawar making a direct hit to the northern part of Guam, the storm did not hurt the fur babies living at the Guam Animals In Need shelter in Yigo. “We were able to get everyone out of the shelter by close of business on Sunda
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Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (40), (2), INFORM (2),