Overall Red Tropical Cyclone for MARIA-17 in Virgin IslandsU.S.GuadeloupePuerto RicoDominicaTurks and Caicos IslandsDominican RepublicMartiniqueAntigua and BarbudaMontserratSaint Kitts and NevisAnguillaBritish from 16 Sep 2017 21:00 UTC to 30 Sep 2017 21:00 UTC

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Overall Red Tropical Cyclone for MARIA-17

in Virgin IslandsU.S.GuadeloupePuerto RicoDominicaTurks and Caicos IslandsDominican RepublicMartiniqueAntigua and BarbudaMontserratSaint Kitts and NevisAnguillaBritish

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone MARIA-17 can have a high humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	TC 1000404
Name	MARIA-17
Glide number:	TC-2017-000136-GLP
From - To	16 Sep - 30 Sep
Exposed countries	Virgin IslandsU.S.GuadeloupePuerto RicoDominicaTurks and Caicos IslandsDominican RepublicMartiniqueAntigua and BarbudaMontserratSaint Kitts and NevisAnguillaBritish
Exposed population	2.7 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	278 km/h Category 5
Maximum storm surge	0.8 m (28 Sep 00:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	--

GDACS Score

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
GDACS NOAA	n.a	0.8 m	n.a.	2.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF	291 km/h	0.6 m	n.a.	0.5
GFS	185 km/h	0.5 m	n.a.	0.5
ECMWF	172 km/h	1 m	n.a.	0.5

Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Analytical products

Daily Maps: Caribbean - Hurricane MARIA Update

26/Sep/2017 06:22 UTC

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