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Green Tropical Cyclone alert for PAKHAR-12 in Vietnam from 29/03/2012 12:00 UTC to 01/04/2012 18:00 UTC
Summary
Tropical Cyclone impact
Storm surge
Extreme rain
Media analysis
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GDACS Event Report - Summary

Summary

Interactive map: Open The map shows the accumulated precipitation along the cyclone's track. Yellow area is > 100mm; Red area is > 300mm; Blue area is > 500mm. The accumulated rainfall is calculated based on the Tropical Rainfall Potential of NOAA/NESDIS. The eTRaP is a simple ensemble whose members are the 6-hourly totals from the single-orbit TRaPs, which are rainfall estimates from passive microwave remote sensing. Rain map with eTraP data. (Source: JRC) Storm surge maximum height. (Source: JRC)

Tropical Cyclone PAKHAR-12 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the Maximum sustained wind speed and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Updated: this report is based on advisory number 16.

  • Tropical Cyclone Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 120 km/h)
  • from 29/03/2012 12:00 UTC to 01/04/2012 18:00 UTC
  • Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0
  • Vulnerability: High

Extreme Rain

Potential rainfall is calculated based on rainfall observed by several microwave satellite sensors.

The image shows the total rainfall accumulation associated with the cyclone.

Storm surge

The maximum Storm surge height is  0.5m in Binh Sum, Vietnam. This height is estimated for 01 Apr 2012 10:00:00.

References

Known identifiers for this event: sh0212 (jtwcId) PAKHAR (name) SH022012 (noaaId)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 30 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Typhoon Pakhar kills 2, destroys numerous houses in Vietnam
Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:37:00 +0200   thanhniennews (en)

Two people were [[killed]] , while thousands of houses and hundreds of trees were damaged by the Pakhar typhoon that swept through Vietnam’s southern and central regions Sunday, local authorities have reported.

People and organisations: Ria Vung Tau 

Viet Nam: NASA's TRMM Satellite Measured Rainfall as Tropical Storm Pakhar Hit Vietnam
Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:17:00 +0200   reliefWeb (en)

Source: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Country: Viet Nam Hurricane Season 2012: Typhoon Pakhar (Western North Pacific Ocean) Tropical Storm Pakhar's remnants have faded over the Gulf of Thailand, but not before damaging over 700 homes and causing flooding, two deaths and damages in Vietnam where it made landfall on April 1.

People and organisations: Goddard Space Flight Center  Space Flight Center  NASA 

Deadly tropical storm lashes Vietnam
Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:05:00 +0200   news24 (en)

The typhoon season's first storm has [[killed]] two people in southern Vietnam, say authorities.

People and organisations: Ria Vung Tau 

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Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EMM (1), JRC (33), TRMM (1), NOAA (4), (3), WMO (1), OCHA (1), JTWC (3), BOM (1), Unisys (1), NASA (1), DesInventar (1), SWCB (1),

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