Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for BERTHA-26 in United States from 19 Jul 2026 15:00 UTC to 20 Jul 2026 15:00 UTC

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Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for BERTHA-26

in United States

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone BERTHA-26 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	TC 1001290
Name	BERTHA-26
From - To	19 Jul - 21 Jul
Exposed countries	United States
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	83 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge	1.2 m (23 Jul 03:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	Low (United States)

GDACS Score

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
GDACS NOAA	83 km/h	1.4 m	n.a.	0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF	97 km/h	0.9 m	739 mm	0.5
GFS	86 km/h	0.8 m	441 mm	0.5
ECMWF	61 km/h	0.8 m	328 mm	0.5

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Latest media headlines

Tropical Storm Bertha Intermediate Advisory Number 6A 7/21/2026 2:21:00 AM.

..NOAA HURRICANE HUNTERS FIND THAT THE DEPRESSION HAS STRENGTHENED INTO TROPICAL STORM BERTHA... NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL022026. 700 PM CDT Mon Jul 20 2026. SUMMARY OF 700 PM CDT...0000 UTC...INFORMATION. LOCATION...28.6N 8

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Tropical Storm Bertha Intermediate Advisory Number 6A 7/21/2026 1:28:00 AM.

..NOAA HURRICANE HUNTERS FIND THAT THE DEPRESSION HAS STRENGTHENED INTO TROPICAL STORM BERTHA... NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL022026. 700 PM CDT Mon Jul 20 2026. SUMMARY OF 700 PM CDT...0000 UTC...INFORMATION. LOCATION...28.6N 8

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Tropical Storm Bertha expected to form over the Gulf Tropical Depressi.. 7/19/2026 9:59:00 PM.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Tropical Depression Two is forecast to become Tropical Storm Bertha no later than Monday. THE LATEST ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO. Tropical Depression Two formed on Sunday morning as a center of circulation was confi

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