Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for LINFA-20
in Viet Nam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone LINFA-20 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000729
Name LINFA-20
From - To 10 Oct - 11 Oct
Exposed countries Viet Nam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 74 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge 0.7 m (11 Oct 10:00 UTC)
Vulnerability High (Cambodia)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 74 km/h 0.7 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 112 km/h 0.7 m 1100 mm 0.5
GFS 86 km/h 0.6 m 829 mm 0.5
ECMWF 76 km/h 0.5 m 714 mm 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 37 | About casualties: 23 | Last hour: 0

Thailand, Vietnam caught in the line of fire from increased storm acti ... Tue, 13 Oct 2020 18:15:00 +0200.

Three storms could be heading Thailand’s way and nine provinces in the Northeastern region could face the direct impact, the Thai Meteorological Department has warned. Kornrawee Sitthichivapak, the department’s deputy director-general, said
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Viet Nam: China, Vietnam, Laos - Tropical Storm NANGKA (GDACS, JTWC, C ... Tue, 13 Oct 2020 13:04:00 +0200.

Tropical Storm NANGKA is moving west-northwest over the South China Sea towards Hainan Island (southeastern China). On 13 October at 0.00 UTC, its centre was approximately 260 km south-east of Haikou City (Hainan Province), with maximum sus
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Heavy rain, floods wreak havoc in central provinces as new typhoon app ... Tue, 13 Oct 2020 06:53:00 +0200.

The centre forecast that central provinces would face heavy rains ranging from 150 to 300mm on Tuesday and Wednesday. The National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control issued an urgent letter on Monday asking the b
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Heavy rain, floods wreak havoc in central provinces as new typhoon app ... Tue, 13 Oct 2020 04:25:00 +0200.

ĐÀ NẴNG/THỪA THIÊN-HUẾ — Ongoing heavy rains and flooding has killed 17 people in central provinces, and 14 more have been reported missing in central provinces, as the country braces for the seventh typhoon to hit this year. The National C
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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