Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for SINLAKU-14
in Cambodia, Viet Nam, Laos

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone SINLAKU-14 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000128
Name SINLAKU-14
From - To 28 Nov - 29 Nov
Exposed countries Cambodia, Viet Nam, Laos
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 121 km/h Category 1
Maximum storm surge 0.2 m (29 Nov 19:00 UTC)
Vulnerability High (Cambodia)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 84 km/h 0.2 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF n.a n.a. n.a. n.a.
GFS n.a n.a. n.a. n.a.
ECMWF n.a n.a. n.a. n.a.
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 15 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

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A team of researchers from the Universities of Liverpool, Southampton and Bristol have derived the first theoretical equation to demonstrate that global warming is a direct result of the build-up of carbon emissions since the late 1800s whe
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NASA satellite sees Tropical Storm Sinlaku in the South China SeaMon, 01 Dec 2014 17:33:00 +0100.

The MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured this visible image of Tropical Storm Sinlaku in the South China Sea on Nov. 28 at 5:50 UTC (12:50 a.m. EST). Credit: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team Tropical Depression 21W c
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Heavy rains lash central Vietnam as Typhoon Sinlaku weakens into tropi ... Sun, 30 Nov 2014 15:58:00 +0100.

A map provided by the National Center for Hydrometereological Forecast charted the path Typhoon Sinlaku will take towards Vietnam’s south-central coast on Sunday Typhoon Sinlaku, the fourth tropical storm that hit Vietnam this year, has w
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (46), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),