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Green notification for tropical cyclone THIRTYONE-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 986 .

Reported by GDACS Global Disaster Alerts

The source reports THIRTYONE-26 active in the Northwest Pacific on November 6, 2026, with Japan listed as affected and an estimated 986 people exposed to Category 1 winds or higher. The alert level is Green.

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  • Affected location: Northwest Pacific
This visible image from NOAA's GOES-11 satellite shows a lot of action in the atmosphere between the U.S. and Mexico. From cloud streets to hurricanes, to massive low pressure areas, the GOES-11 satellite captured it all in one view from space today while looking at the western U.S. This GOES-11 image was created by the NASA/NOAA GOES Project, located at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. using data from NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-11. GOES-11 is in a
Illustrative image: This visible image from NOAA's GOES-11 satellite shows a lot of action in the atmosphere between the U.S. and Mexico. From cloud streets to hurricanes, to massive low pressure areas, the GOES-11 satellite captured it all in one view from space today while looking at the western U.S. This GOES-11 image was created by the NASA/NOAA GOES Project, located at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. using data from NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-11. GOES-11 is in a — NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from Greenbelt, MD, USA/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
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The source estimates that 986 people in Japan are affected by the cyclone.

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Confidence
6/10
Geographic reach
3/10
Global importance
2/10
Impact magnitude
2/10
Urgency
3/10

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