Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for NORU-17
in Japan

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone NORU-17 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000372
Name NORU-17
From - To 20 Jul - 08 Aug
Exposed countries Japan
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 269 km/h Category 5
Maximum storm surge 1.4 m (07 Aug 14:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Low (Japan)

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GDACS JTWC 46 km/h 1.4 m n.a. 0.5
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 300 | About casualties: 68 | Last hour: 0

Tropical storm Noru batters Honshu bringing torrential rain 8/9/2017 5:43:00 AM.

A tropical storm is moving northeast along the coast of Japan’s main island of Honshu, bringing heavy rain to wide areas. Two people have died and over 50 others have been injured. The Ane River overflowed in Shiga Prefecture in the early h
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China landslide kills 24 as typhoon lashes Japan 8/9/2017 5:11:00 AM.

BEIJING/TOKYO: A landslide triggered by heavy rain killed at least 24 people in China’s mountainous southwestern province of Sichuan on Tuesday, state media reported. Extreme weather this summer has triggered a series of landslides and floo
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NASA Sees Typhoon Noru Over Southern Japan 8/9/2017 4:50:00 AM.

Typhoon Noru was moving over Honshu, Japan when NASA's Aqua satellite passed overhead on August 7. Noru made landfall in the central prefecture of Wakayama early in the day. The Aqua satellite passed over Japan on August 7 at 12:25 a.m. EDT
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Weather-related disasters are exponentially increasing 8/9/2017 12:53:00 AM.

Weather-related disasters are exponentially increasing. In fact, two-thirds of Europe could be affected by an extreme weather event by 2100, according to a study published in the Lancet Planetary Health journal on 4 August. In the 72 hours
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (38), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),