Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for IMELDA-19
in United States

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone IMELDA-19 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000604
Name IMELDA-19
From - To 17 Sep - 18 Sep
Exposed countries United States
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 65 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge n.a.
Vulnerability Low (United States)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS NOAA 56 km/h n.a. n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF n.a n.a. n.a. n.a.
GFS n.a n.a. n.a. n.a.
ECMWF n.a n.a. n.a. n.a.
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Analytical products
USA - Tropical Depression IMELDA (ECHO 18 Sep 2019)Wed, 18 Sep 2019 13:04

  • Tropical Depression IMELDA, formed in the Gulf of Mexico on 17 September, is moving north across eastern Texas. On 18 September at 3.00 UTC, its centre was over Houston, with maximum sustained winds of 56 km/h (tropical depression).
  • IMELDA will continue northward across eastern Texas dissipating but bringing heavy rain.
  • Over the next 24 hours, heavy rain is expected over south-east Texas and a flash flood watch is in effect for Houston area.
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Climat : des pluies extrêmes inondent le Texas 9/21/2019 11:08:00 PM.

Depuis le 18 septembre, la dépression tropicale Imelda s'abat sur le sud du Texas, aux États-Unis. Trois jours de pluie diluvienne et l'état est submergé par les eaux. Sous un pont, une barge emportée a détruit en grande partie les pylônes
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Authorities confirm fifth death linked to Tropical Storm Imelda as Tex.. 9/21/2019 10:49:00 PM.

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Barges break loose and strike a bridge near Houston after Imelda force.. 9/21/2019 10:20:00 PM.

(CNN) — The weakening remnants of Imelda will make their way Friday into northern Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana as misery lingers in Houston, even as floodwaters start to recede. Flooding on Thursday left some Houston neighborhoods swimming
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (38), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),