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Tropical cyclone CHAMPI

📍 Guam · since 14 Oct 2026

Source: GDACS ↗
Source updated: 16 Oct 2026, 11:08 UTC
Event start (source): 14 Oct 2026, 12:00 UTC
Last checked: 16 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC
Last change ingested: 16 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC

At a glance

What happened: Tropical cyclone — Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 176 km/h). GDACS Orange alert.
Where: Guam (11.40, 152.70 per source)
When: Began 14 Oct 2026, 12:00 UTC
Who is affected: People in Guam. Population exposure is in the source report.
Has it escalated?: The source has lowered its alert level since its peak.
Latest development: No dated reports matched yet.

What the source confirmsFacts · from GDACS

Alert: GDACS Orange alert — source record ↗
Severity (source's statement): Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 176 km/h)
Affected countries listed by the source: Guam
Start: 14 Oct 2026, 12:00 UTC
Source description: “From 14/10/2026 to 16/10/2026, a Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 241 km/h) CHAMPI-26 was active in NWPacific. The cyclone affects these countries: Guam (vulnerability Medium). Estimated population affected by category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.175 million .”

Reported, not independently verifiedNews organisations

No news reports matched to this event in the last 30 days.

TimelineNewest first · UTC · grey = older than 7 days

16 Oct 2026, 07:53 UTC
GDACS changed its alert level to orange.
16 Oct 2026, 02:08 UTC
GDACS changed its alert level to red.
14 Oct 2026, 15:00 UTC · RedAlertDirect
First recorded by RedAlertDirect.
14 Oct 2026, 14:45 UTC
GDACS alert level: orange.
14 Oct 2026, 12:00 UTC
Event began, according to GDACS.

AssessmentRule-based · not a measurement

High GDACS Orange alert — the source expects a significant humanitarian impact.

Factor	Rating	Basis	Why
Hazard severity GDACS (UN OCHA / European Commission): Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 176 km/h)	Medium	Source	GDACS (UN OCHA / European Commission): Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 176 km/h)
Geographic spread 1 country listed by the source: Guam.	Low	Rule on source data	1 country listed by the source: Guam.
Escalation The source has lowered its alert level since its peak.	Low	Source	The source has lowered its alert level since its peak.
Civilian impact GDACS alert levels combine hazard severity with exposed population and vulnerability — a model estimate, not a count.	Medium	Source	GDACS alert levels combine hazard severity with exposed population and vulnerability — a model estimate, not a count.
Economic impact No structured, authoritative source for this factor; not rated.	Not rated	Not assessed	No structured, authoritative source for this factor; not rated.
Displacement No structured, authoritative source for this factor; not rated.	Not rated	Not assessed	No structured, authoritative source for this factor; not rated.
Infrastructure No structured, authoritative source for this factor; not rated.	Not rated	Not assessed	No structured, authoritative source for this factor; not rated.
International involvement No structured, authoritative source for this factor; not rated.	Not rated	Not assessed	No structured, authoritative source for this factor; not rated.
Uncertainty Impact estimates are modelled by the source and may be revised.	Medium	Rule on source data	Impact estimates are modelled by the source and may be revised.

Ratings marked “Source” restate the source. “Rule on source data” applies a published rule (see methodology). Nothing here is produced by a language model.