Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for CHAPALA-15
Off-shore
30 Oct 2015 12 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 0.6 m (02 Nov 15:00 UTC)
    Vulnerability --

    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 222 km/h 0.6 m n.a. 1.5
    Overall 222 km/h 0.6 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

      222 km/h Current Max.

      Up to 73000 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
        Orange 8 30 Oct 2015 12:00 222 --- 70 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
          		 8 30 Oct 2015 12:00 Category 4 241 no people no people 14, 60.5
          GREEN
          		 8 31 Oct 2015 00:00 Category 5 259 no people no people 13.8, 59.2
          GREEN
          		 8 31 Oct 2015 12:00 Category 5 259 no people no people 13.8, 57.7
          GREEN
          		 8 01 Nov 2015 00:00 Category 4 250 no people 57000 people 13.8, 56.2 Yemen
          ORANGE
          		 8 01 Nov 2015 12:00 Category 4 222 27000 people 300000 people 14, 54.7 Yemen
          GREEN
          		 8 02 Nov 2015 12:00 Category 1 148 73000 people 720000 people 14.9, 51.7 Yemen
          GREEN
          		 8 03 Nov 2015 12:00 Tropical storm 93 no people 340000 people 16.9, 49.6 Yemen
          GREEN
          		 8 04 Nov 2015 12:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people 18.8, 48.6 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
          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

          0.6 m

          The maximum Storm surge height is  0.6m in Qishn, Yemen. This height is estimated for 02 Nov 2015 15:00 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 (15 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 8 of 30 Oct 2015 12:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

          Alert Date (UTC) Name Country Storm surge height (m)
          02 Nov 2015 15:00 Qishn Yemen  0.6
          02 Nov 2015 15:00 Itab Yemen  0.6
          02 Nov 2015 16:00 Al Qumrah Yemen  0.4
          02 Nov 2015 14:00 Saqr Yemen  0.2
          02 Nov 2015 17:00 Sharkhat Yemen  0.2
          02 Nov 2015 08:00 Tabut Yemen  0.2
          02 Nov 2015 08:00 Hayrut Yemen  0.2
          02 Nov 2015 08:00 Nishtun Yemen  0.2
          02 Nov 2015 14:00 Haswayn Yemen  0.2
          02 Nov 2015 17:00 Al Faydami Yemen  0.1
          02 Nov 2015 17:00 Jarub Yemen  0.1
          02 Nov 2015 17:00 Tamnum Yemen  0.1
          01 Nov 2015 17:00 Hadiboh Yemen  0.1
          02 Nov 2015 09:00 Abd Allah Gharib Yemen  0.1
          02 Nov 2015 17:00 Musaina'a Yemen  0.1