Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for MEKUNU-18
in Oman

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone MEKUNU-18 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000453
Name MEKUNU-18
Glide number: TC-2018-000062-OMN
From - To 22 May - 26 May
Exposed countries Oman
Exposed population 240 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 185 km/h Category 3
Maximum storm surge 0.5 m (26 May 07:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Oman)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 157 km/h 0.8 m n.a. 1.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 156 km/h 0.4 m n.a. 0.5
GFS 63 km/h 0.3 m n.a. 0.5
ECMWF n.a 0.3 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: 401 | About casualties: 48 | Last hour: 0

Le cyclone Mekunu a fait au moins 11 morts au Yémen et à OmanSun, 27 May 2018 21:48:00 +0200.

Le cyclone Mekunu, qui a balayé avec force ces derniers jours l'île yéménite de Socotra et le sud-ouest d'Oman, a tué au moins 11 personnes, tandis que 8 autres sont toujours portées disparues, selon des responsables gouvernementaux. Le cyc
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The fatal cyclone is a reminder that disaster prevention and response ... Sun, 27 May 2018 18:51:00 +0200.

Debris and sea foam litters a beach hit by Cyclone Mekunu in Salalah, Oman, on May 26, 2018. Kamran Jebreili / AP. It has been less than six months since the great washout of 2017, when heavy rains flooded the UAE's roads and emergency serv
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Video: Heavy rains lash parts of UAESun, 27 May 2018 17:08:00 +0200.

The tropical cyclone Mekunu is descending from the second category to a tropical cyclone of the first category, with no opportunities for direct impact on the UAE, the National Center of Meteorology, NCM, announced. The cyclone has weakened
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Cyclone Mekunu kills eleven and leaves dozens missingSun, 27 May 2018 15:01:00 +0200.

General view after Cyclone Mekunu in Salalah, Oman May 26, 2018. Oman News Agency. The strongest cyclone to ever hit southern Oman and neighbouring Yemen killed eleven people while more than 30 remain missing following the torrential downpo
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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Daily Maps:

28/May/2018 06:20 UTC

Data, images, links, services and documents

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