Overall Red alert Tropical Cyclone for LEKIMA-19
in , China, Japan

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 1000582
Name LEKIMA-19
Glide number: TC-2019-000091-CHN
From - To 04 Aug - 11 Aug
Exposed countries , China, Japan
Exposed population 7 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 241 km/h Category 4
Maximum storm surge 1.6 m (09 Aug 23:00 UTC)
Vulnerability --

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GDACS JTWC 46 km/h 3.6 m n.a. 0.5
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Latest media headlines

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Rescuers block a dike breach on the Mihe River in Shouguang, east China's Shandong Province, Aug. 14, 2019. Rescuers are trying to repair dike breaches triggered by heavy floods brought by typhoon Lekima in Shouguang. (Xinhua/Wang Kai) R
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China's Tencent sorry for saying typhoon killed 'nearly everyone' 8/15/2019 10:32:00 AM.

Chinese internet giant Tencent has been forced to apologise after its video team reported that a typhoon had wiped out the entire population of a province in east China that is home to nearly 100 million people. Typhoon Lekima hit the Chine
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China's Tencent sorry for saying typhoon killed 'nearly everyo.. 8/15/2019 10:01:00 AM.

Chinese internet giant Tencent has been forced to apologise after its video team reported that a typhoon had wiped out the entire population of a province in east China that is home to nearly 100 million people. Typhoon Lekima hit the Chine
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China's Tencent sorry for saying typhoon killed 'nearly everyone' 8/15/2019 10:00:00 AM.

By AFP 2 hours ago in World Chinese internet giant Tencent has been forced to apologise after its video team reported that a typhoon had wiped out the entire population of a province in east China that is home to nearly 100 million people.
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12/Aug/2019 05:28 UTC

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