Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for PODUL-19
in Viet Nam, Laos, Thailand, China, Philippines, Myanmar, Cambodia

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 1000589
Name PODUL-19
From - To 26 Aug - 29 Aug
Exposed countries Viet Nam, Laos, Thailand, China, Philippines, Myanmar, Cambodia
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 65 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge 1.3 m (29 Aug 11:00 UTC)
Vulnerability High (Vietnam)

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 56 km/h 1.4 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 104 km/h 0.8 m 819 mm 0.5
GFS 90 km/h 0.9 m 597 mm 0.5
ECMWF 97 km/h 0.9 m 743 mm 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Philippines- Tropical Cyclone PODUL (JENNY) (ECHO 27 Aug 2019)Tue, 27 Aug 2019 13:03

  • Tropical Cyclone PODUL (named JENNY in the Philippines) formed over the western Philippine Sea on 26 August, moving west-northwest toward central-northern Luzon. On 27 August at 0.00 UTC, its centre was approximately 440 km south-east of Casiguran City (Aurora Province), with maximum sustained winds of 56 km/h (tropical depression).
  • PODUL is forecast to make landfall over northern Aurora Province on 27 August, with maximum sustained winds of 65 km/h.
  • Moderate to heavy rainfall is forecast over central and northern Luzon.
  • A tropical cyclone warning signal 2 is in effect for Isabela, Aurora, and Quirino Provinces.
Philippines- Tropical Cyclone PODUL (JENNY) update (ECHO 28 Aug 2019)Wed, 28 Aug 2019 13:11

  • Tropical Cyclone PODUL (JENNY in the Philippines) made landfall over Casiguran City (Aurora Province, northern Luzon) on 27 August in the afternoon, with a maximum sustained winds of 55-60 km/h (Tropical Depression). On 28 August at 0:00 UTC, its centre was located over the South China sea, west of Luzon, approximately 1,000 km east of Hainan Island (China), with a maximum sustained winds of 64 km/h.
  • The Government of the Philippines reports two fatalities and two injured persons in Pasuquin and Laoag City (Ilocos Norte, northern Philippines).
  • PODUL is forecast to keep moving over the South China sea, approaching southern Hainan on 29 August in the afternoon, with a maximum sustained winds of 83 km/h.
  • Moderate to heavy rainfall and strong winds are forecast over central-northern Luzon and Bataan.
Philippines, China, Vietnam, Laos - Tropical Cyclone PODUL update (ECHO 29 Aug 2019)Thu, 29 Aug 2019 13:11

  • Tropical Cyclone PODUL's (YANGLIU in China) centre was approximately 250 km east-southeast of Sanya City (southern Hainan) and 540 km east of Dong Hoi (central Vietnam) on 29 August at 0.00 UTC with maximum sustained winds of 65 km/h.
  • DG ECHO reports 2 fatalities, 2 injured, 3,180 displaced in 53 evacuation centres and more than 61,500 affcted across central-northern Luzon (Philippines), particularly in the Aurora Province.
  • PODUL is forecast to pass 70-80 km south of Hainan on 29 August, with maximum sustained winds of 65 km/h, before making landfall over Quang Bình Province (Vietnam) early on 30 August, with maximum sustained winds of 55 km/h.
  • Moderate to locally heavy rain, strong winds and thunderstorms are forecast over central-northern Luzon. Heavy rain is forecast over Hainan, south-central Guangdong, eastern and southern Guangxi, as well as strong winds and storm surge in southern Hainan. Heavy rain is forecast over the North Central Coast Region of Vietnam.
Philippines, China, Vietnam, Laos - Tropical Cyclone PODUL update (ECHO 30 Aug 2019)Fri, 30 Aug 2019 13:12

  • Tropical Cyclone PODUL made landfall over Quang Bình Province (central Vietnam) on 29 August, with maximum sustained winds of 55-65 km/h. On 30 August at 3.00 UTC, its centre was in mainland Thailand, approximately 175 km south-east of Vientiane (Laos), with maximum sustained winds of 60 km/h (tropical depression).
  • In China, a tornado caused 8 fatalities, damaged 115 houses, affecting more than 500 people in Danzhou (Hainan Province).
  • Over the next 24 hours, PODUL is forecast to continue inland, weakening before eventually dissipating.
  • Heavy to locally very heavy rain is forecast over central Vietnam, southern Laos and south-eastern Thailand over 30 August - 1 September.
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Central region likely to face another typhoonMon, 02 Sep 2019 07:37:00 +0200.

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Feed aggregatorFri, 30 Aug 2019 04:47:00 +0200.

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28/Aug/2019 05:24 UTC

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