Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for SHANSHAN-24
in Japan

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone SHANSHAN-24 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1001086
Name SHANSHAN-24
From - To 21 Aug - 01 Sep
Exposed countries Japan
Exposed population 6.2 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 213 km/h Category 4
Maximum storm surge 0.7 m (28 Aug 23:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Low (Japan)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 37 km/h 0.7 m n.a. 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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"ECHO Daily Map of 27 August 2024"

Latest media headlines

Japan - Tropical cyclone SHANSHAN, update (GDACS, FDMA) (ECHO Daily Fl.. 9/3/2024 11:43:00 AM.

The passage of the tropical cyclone SHANSHAN over Kyushu, Shikoku and central-southern Honshu islands on 29 August - 1 September caused very heavy rainfall, floods and landslides across the country, resulted in more casualties and damage. T
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31 ago 2024, 10:14 Lorenzo Badellino Cronaca meteo. Tifone Shanshan, o.. 8/31/2024 8:28:00 AM.

Effetti devastanti in Giappone per tifone Shanshan (Fonte immagine @cse_aspirantss via X) E'' stato declassato prima a tempesta poi a depressione tropicale il tifone Shanshan , dopo aver fatto landfall in Giappone sull''isola di Kyushu nell
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Japan - Tropical cyclone SHANSHAN, update (GDACS, JTWC, JMA, media) (E.. 8/30/2024 12:23:00 PM.

Tropical cyclone SHANSHAN passed over the central-northern Kyushu island (south-western Japan) on 29 August, weakening. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), on 30 August at 6.00 UTC, its centre was located over the sea betwee
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Meteo. Il tifone Shanshan in Giappone, giovedì landfall sull''Isola di.. 8/27/2024 10:07:00 AM.

Il tifone Shanshan visto dal satellite. Al momento il tifone Shanshan si trova alle coordinate 28.5N 130.4E, ovvero a poche decine di chilometri dall''Isola Amami, nella Prefettura di Kagoshima, ed ha la forza equivalente a quella di un ura
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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), WMO (1), INFORM (2),