Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for CHAPALA-15
Off-shore
30 Oct 2015 06 UTC
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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 0.4 m (03 Nov 08:00 UTC)
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    GDACS Score

    GDACS alert score for Tropical Cyclones is 0.5 (GREEN Alert), 1.5 (ORANGE Alert), 2.5 (RED Alert)
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      Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
    Current 185 km/h 0.4 m n.a. 1.5
    Overall 222 km/h 0.4 m n.a. 1

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

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    Wind

      185 km/h Current Max.

      Up to 60000 people in Category 1 strength or higher (see SSHS)

      Impact Timeline

        Alert N° 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

        Bulletin Timeline

          Alert N° 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
          		 7 30 Oct 2015 18:00 Category 5 269 no people no people 14.2, 59.7
          GREEN
          		 7 31 Oct 2015 06:00 Category 5 269 no people no people 14.2, 58.3
          GREEN
          		 7 31 Oct 2015 18:00 Category 4 250 no people 10000 people 14.3, 56.9 Yemen
          GREEN
          		 7 01 Nov 2015 06:00 Category 4 231 16000 people 210000 people 14.4, 55.3 Yemen
          ORANGE
          		 7 02 Nov 2015 06:00 Category 3 185 60000 people 360000 people 15.1, 52.1 Yemen
          GREEN
          		 7 03 Nov 2015 06:00 Tropical storm 111 no people 190000 people 16.6, 50.1 Yemen
          GREEN
          		 7 04 Nov 2015 06:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people 18.5, 48.8 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 Al Mahrah
          Yemen Hadhramaut

          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)
          Qishn IHN 30 Civ. Unpaved No 3200

          Ports

          Name LOCODE Country
          Ras Fartak Yemen
          Sayhut Yemen
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          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

          0.4 m

          The maximum Storm surge height is  0.4m in 'Ain Ba Ma'bad, Yemen. This height is estimated for 03 Nov 2015 08:00 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 (23 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 23 of 03 Nov 2015 06:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

          Alert Date (UTC) Name Country Storm surge height (m)
          03 Nov 2015 08:00 'Ain Ba Ma'bad Yemen  0.4
          03 Nov 2015 02:00 As Sufal Yemen  0.3
          03 Nov 2015 08:00 Al Haibala Yemen  0.3
          03 Nov 2015 04:00 Bir Ali Yemen  0.2
          03 Nov 2015 05:00 Balhaf Yemen  0.2
          03 Nov 2015 00:00 Burum Yemen  0.2
          03 Nov 2015 06:00 'Ain al-Juwairi Yemen  0.2
          01 Nov 2015 15:00 Hadiboh Yemen  0.2
          03 Nov 2015 00:00 Fuwwah Yemen  0.2
          03 Nov 2015 09:00 Al Hawrah Yemen  0.2
          03 Nov 2015 05:00 Jilah Yemen  0.2
          03 Nov 2015 00:00 Zulumah Yemen  0.1
          01 Nov 2015 15:00 Qadub Yemen  0.1
          01 Nov 2015 19:00 Steroh Yemen  0.1
          01 Nov 2015 18:00 Qulansiyah Yemen  0.1
          03 Nov 2015 01:00 Al Mukalla Yemen  0.1
          03 Nov 2015 00:00 Al Juwaibiyat Yemen  0.1
          03 Nov 2015 00:00 Al-Raiyan Yemen  0.1
          01 Nov 2015 19:00 Gishub Yemen  0.1
          01 Nov 2015 15:00 Siqirah Yemen  0.1
          01 Nov 2015 17:00 Ghubbah Yemen  0.1
          01 Nov 2015 15:00 Qashlu Yemen  0.1
          03 Nov 2015 00:00 Ash Shihr Yemen  0.1