Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for ERNESTO-18
in Ireland, United Kingdom

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 1000488
Name ERNESTO-18
From - To 15 Aug - 18 Aug
Exposed countries Ireland, United Kingdom
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 83 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge 1 m (18 Aug 23:00 UTC)
Vulnerability -- (Ireland)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS NOAA 65 km/h 1 m n.a. 0.5
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.
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 361 | About casualties: 24 | Last hour: 0

Storm Ernesto set to bring wildfire smoke to BritainMon, 20 Aug 2018 05:23:00 +0200.

Britain is set to be battered by strong winds and rain from a tropical storm that could carry smoke from the Canadian and California wildfires. Forecasters said the smell of the fires and small amounts of soot might be detectable when Storm
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Storm Ernesto Is Heading for the Coast of IrelandSun, 19 Aug 2018 04:05:00 +0200.

There’s a tropical storm brewing in the Atlantic Ocean and heading for Ireland. Tropical storm Ernesto is expected to complete its trans-Atlantic travel Saturday night when it arrives on the coast of Ireland, according to the Ernesto is the
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Storm Ernesto to hit Britain bringing wildfire smoke from US and Canad ... Sat, 18 Aug 2018 22:18:00 +0200.

What time will Storm Ernesto hit the UK?

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Tropical Storm Ernesto now a post-tropical cyclone; no threat to Flori ... Sat, 18 Aug 2018 21:50:00 +0200.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Ernesto is now a Post-Tropical Cyclone and is moving east-northeast at 35 mph in the North Atlantic. TS Ernesto now a post-tropical cyclone; TRACKING THE TROPICS: Watches, warnings, forecasts, spaghetti models The system is
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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), WMO (1), INFORM (2),