Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for ROSA-18
in Mexico

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 1000511
Name ROSA-18
From - To 25 Sep - 02 Oct
Exposed countries Mexico
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 241 km/h Category 4
Maximum storm surge 0.5 m (02 Oct 03:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 56 km/h 0.5 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 231 km/h 0.5 m n.a. 0.5
GFS 181 km/h 0.4 m n.a. 0.5
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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 537 | About casualties: 25 | Last hour: 0

Hurricane Rosa moved on, but more rain is on the waySat, 06 Oct 2018 00:07:00 +0200.

Hurricane Rosa has moved on from the metropolitan Phoenix area, but residents should begin preparing for more moisture and cooler temperatures this weekend and next week. According to a forecast from the National Weather Service in Phoenix,
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Hurricane Sergio Threatens Southwest U.S. Next WeekFri, 05 Oct 2018 05:18:00 +0200.

The latest Hurricane Sergio spaghetti models show the storm turning back east toward Baja California and the southwest United States late next week. The models including the official National Hurricane Center forecast track, GFS, European a
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Hurricane Sergio Threatens Southwest U.S. Next WeekFri, 05 Oct 2018 03:49:00 +0200.

The latest Hurricane Sergio spaghetti models show the storm turning back east toward Baja California and the southwest United States late next week. The models including the official National Hurricane Center forecast track, GFS, European a
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The Latest: Body of man pulled from flooded Arizona washFri, 05 Oct 2018 03:33:00 +0200.

In this Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018 photo provided by the Tohono O'odham Nation Dept. of Public Safety, is flooding near the Menagers Dam community in Arizona. The southern Arizona dam that had been at risk of breaking and flooding a small villag
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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 (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),