Overall Red Tropical Cyclone alert for HUDHUD-14 in India from 08 Oct 2014 12:00 UTC to 18:00

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Overall Red alert Tropical Cyclone for HUDHUD-14

in India

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone HUDHUD-14 can have a high humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	TC 1000103
Name	HUDHUD-14
From - To	08 Oct - 12 Oct
Exposed countries	India
Exposed population	16.4 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	212 km/h Category 4
Maximum storm surge	1.2 m (12 Oct 07:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	High (India)

GDACS Score

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
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.

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Latest media headlines

Himalaya: une centaine de randonneurs toujours recherchés 10/16/2014 11:18:00 AM.

Les secours népalais tentaient de retrouver jeudi plus d'une centaine de randonneurs dans l'Himalaya, pris dans une tempête de neige mardi qui a déjà tué au moins 24 personnes sur le populaire trekking du tour des Annapurnas.

Catastrophes naturelles: moins de victimes mais la menace augmente 10/16/2014 11:14:00 AM.

Genève (AFP) Avec plus de 22.000 tués, les catastrophes naturelles ont été moins meurtrières en 2013 mais le changement climatique augmente la fréquence et la gravité des phénomènes extrêmes, souligne le rapport annuel de la Fédération inte

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Tempête dans l'Himalaya: une centaine de randonneurs recherchés 10/16/2014 11:14:00 AM.

Katmandou (AFP) Les secours népalais tentaient de retrouver jeudi plus d'une centaine de randonneurs dans l'Himalaya, pris dans une tempête de neige mardi qui a déjà tué au moins 24 personnes sur le populaire trekking du tour des Annapurnas

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Feverish search for over 100 missing trekkers after deadly Nepal avala.. 10/16/2014 10:51:00 AM.

Rescuers resumed scouring Himalayan hiking routes for more than 100 trekkers who have been out of contact since a snowstorm and avalanche that have killed dozens of people.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Analytical products

Daily Maps: India - Tropical Cyclone HUDHUD UPDATE

13/Oct/2014 04:12 UTC

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (46), (2), DesInventar (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),

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