Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for OCKHI-17
in India, Maldives, Sri Lanka

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 1000422
Name OCKHI-17
Glide number: TC-2017-000172-IND
From - To 29 Nov - 05 Dec
Exposed countries India, Maldives, Sri Lanka
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 176 km/h Category 2
Maximum storm surge 0.7 m (05 Dec 18:00 UTC)
Vulnerability High (India)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 83 km/h 0.7 m n.a. 1.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 92 km/h 1 m n.a. 0.5
GFS 77 km/h 0.6 m n.a. 0.5
ECMWF 77 km/h 0.5 m n.a. 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 131 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

Cyclone Ockhi gone but the aftermath is beyond repair; read heart wren ... Fri, 08 Dec 2017 04:12:00 +0100.

The perilous Cyclone Ockhi might have dissipated but the fear that it has instilled in people’s mind is still there. The cyclone was as fearsome as December 2004 tsunami for the fishermen who were one of the first ones to witness the storm
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Cyclone Ockhi’s gone but not the fear as boats wait in huddleFri, 08 Dec 2017 03:48:00 +0100.

Cyclone Ockhi first arrived on their boats over the radio transmitters, through the panic-stricken voices of other fishermen. “Kopam, kadalode kopam… kaattru… bayangarmaana kaattru (Anger, sea’s anger… winds… terrible winds),” says Yonas Ar
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Ockhi fallout: Kozhikode suffers ₹24.87-crore lossThu, 07 Dec 2017 04:34:00 +0100.

The district administration has estimated a loss of ₹24.87 crore after the cyclone Ockhi ravaged the coastal areas in Kozhikode. According to a press release here on Wednesday, the loss incurred due to the destruction of seawalls has been p
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Climat : un cyclone exceptionnel balaie la côte ouest de l’IndeWed, 06 Dec 2017 17:22:00 +0100.

Les cyclones ne sont pas un phénomène climatique inconnu en Inde, mais celui qui est en train d’achever sa course au Gujarat, près du Pakistan, aura présenté des caractéristiques inhabituelles en cette saison. Baptisé « Ockhi » et qualifié
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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), DesInventar (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),