Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for CHAPALA-15
Off-shore

Impact

Tropical Cyclone CHAPALA-15 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed,exposed population and vulnerability.

Meteorological source GDACS
Exposed countries
Exposed population 340 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 222 km/h
Maximum storm surge 0.2 m (01 Nov 17:00 UTC)
Vulnerability --

GDACS Score

GDACS alert score for Tropical Cyclones is 0.5 (GREEN Alert), 1.5 (ORANGE Alert), 2.5 (RED Alert)
For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
Current 139 km/h 0.2 m n.a. 1.5
Overall 222 km/h 0.2 m n.a. 1

Maximum winds, storm surge, rainfall (Current: over the next 72 h, Overall: entire TC track) based on GDACS impact

Wind

139 km/h Current Max.

Up to 220000 people in Category 1 strength or higher (see SSHS)

Impact Timeline

Alert Date (UTC) Max Winds (km/h) Population in
Tropical Storm or higher
Population in
Cat 1. or higher
Countries
Green 1 28 Oct 2015 18:00 194 --- 20 thousand Yemen
Green 2 29 Oct 2015 00:00 194 --- 40 thousand Yemen
Green 3 29 Oct 2015 06:00 213 --- 40 thousand Yemen
Green 4 29 Oct 2015 12:00 213 --- 40 thousand Yemen
Orange 5 29 Oct 2015 18:00 213 --- 60 thousand Yemen
Orange 6 30 Oct 2015 00:00 213 --- 60 thousand Yemen
Orange 7 30 Oct 2015 06:00 185 --- 60 thousand Yemen
Orange 8 30 Oct 2015 12:00 222 --- 70 thousand Yemen
Orange 11 31 Oct 2015 06:00 167 --- 90 thousand Yemen
Orange 12 31 Oct 2015 12:00 139 --- 290 thousand Yemen
Orange 14 01 Nov 2015 00:00 176 --- 610 thousand Yemen, Saudi Arabia
Orange 15 01 Nov 2015 06:00 139 --- 220 thousand Yemen

Bulletin Timeline

Alert Date (UTC) Category
(SSHS)
Max winds
(km/h)
Population in
Cat.1 or higher
Population in
Tropical Storm
or higher
Location (lat, lon) Countries
GREEN
1 28 Oct 2015 18:00 Tropical storm 65 no people no people 13.4, 64.7
GREEN
2 29 Oct 2015 00:00 Tropical storm 83 no people no people 13.5, 64.2
GREEN
3 29 Oct 2015 06:00 Tropical storm 102 no people no people 13.8, 63.8
GREEN
4 29 Oct 2015 12:00 Category 1 120 no people no people 14.2, 63.1
GREEN
5 29 Oct 2015 18:00 Category 1 139 no people no people 14.3, 62.3
GREEN
6 30 Oct 2015 00:00 Category 2 176 no people no people 14.2, 61.8
GREEN
7 30 Oct 2015 06:00 Category 4 250 no people no people 14.2, 61.1
GREEN
8 30 Oct 2015 12:00 Category 4 241 no people no people 14, 60.5
GREEN
11 31 Oct 2015 06:00 Category 4 213 no people no people 13.9, 58.7
GREEN
12 31 Oct 2015 12:00 Category 4 213 no people no people 13.8, 57.9
GREEN
14 01 Nov 2015 00:00 Category 4 213 no people 56000 people 13.6, 56.4 Yemen
GREEN
15 01 Nov 2015 06:00 Category 3 194 no people 57000 people 13.4, 55.7 Yemen
GREEN
15 01 Nov 2015 18:00 Category 3 185 no people 57000 people 13.3, 54 Yemen
GREEN
15 02 Nov 2015 06:00 Category 2 176 no people 140000 people 13.4, 52.2 Yemen
ORANGE
15 02 Nov 2015 18:00 Category 1 139 220000 people 600000 people 13.8, 50.3 Yemen
GREEN
15 03 Nov 2015 06:00 Tropical storm 93 no people 740000 people 14.6, 48.8 Yemen
GREEN
15 04 Nov 2015 06:00 Tropical depression 46 no people no people 16.2, 47.7 Yemen
Actual track of the current bulletin
The alert for forecast greater than 3 days is limited to Orange level.
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Exposed population - AoIs

Exposed population in the potential affected countries, provinces and populated places

Provinces

Country Region Province
Yemen Hadhramaut

Populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population
Al Mukalla Yemen City -

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft)
Mukalla MKX unknown
Riyan RIY 16 Civ. Paved Yes 9800

Ports

Name LOCODE Country
Mukalla YEMKX Yemen

Rainfall

Rainfall accumulation of the past 24h, as detected by the Global Precipitation Measurement mission of NASA. For more information, see https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GPM/main/index.html.

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StormSurge

0.2 m

The maximum Storm surge height is  0.2m in Hadiboh, Yemen. This height is estimated for 01 Nov 2015 17:00 UTC .

The JRC has developed an experimental global storm surge model. The calculations are published about 20 minutes after a new advisory is detected by GDACS. The calculations identify the populated places affected by storm surge up to three days in advance, using the forecasted track. When forecasts change, the associated storm surge changes too and alert levels may go up or down. All links, data, statistics and maps refer to the latest available calculation. If the calculation for the last advisory is not completed, the latest available calculation is shown.

Locations affected by Storm surge (14 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 15 of 01 Nov 2015 06:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

Alert Date (UTC) Name Country Storm surge height (m)
01 Nov 2015 17:00 Hadiboh Yemen  0.2
01 Nov 2015 18:00 Qashlu Yemen  0.2
03 Nov 2015 03:00 Zulumah Yemen  0.2
03 Nov 2015 03:00 Burum Yemen  0.2
03 Nov 2015 03:00 Fuwwah Yemen  0.2
03 Nov 2015 03:00 Al Mukalla Yemen  0.1
03 Nov 2015 03:00 Al Juwaibiyat Yemen  0.1
01 Nov 2015 20:00 Ghubbah Yemen  0.1
03 Nov 2015 03:00 Al-Raiyan Yemen  0.1
01 Nov 2015 17:00 Qadub Yemen  0.1
01 Nov 2015 16:00 Siqirah Yemen  0.1
03 Nov 2015 02:00 Ash Shihr Yemen  0.1
01 Nov 2015 21:00 Qulansiyah Yemen  0.1
01 Nov 2015 20:00 Steroh Yemen  0.1