Overall Orange Tropical Cyclone alert for CARLOTTA-12 in Mexico from 14 Jun 2012 09:00 UTC to 17 Jun 2012 03:00 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for CARLOTTA-12

in Mexico

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone CARLOTTA-12 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	TC 30787
Name	CARLOTTA-12
Glide number:	TC-2012-000104-MEX
From - To	14 Jun - 17 Jun
Exposed countries	Mexico
Exposed population	1.3 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	175 km/h Category 2
Maximum storm surge	0.6 m (16 Jun 03:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	Medium (Mexico)

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
JRC	37 km/h	0.6 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.

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Articles: 333 | About casualties: 41 | Last hour: 0

Carlotta Loses Hurricane Strength After Mexico LandfallMon, 18 Jun 2012 06:02:00 +0200.

By Amanda Jordan and Jonathan J. Levin - 2012-06-16T18:42:51Z Carlotta, the second hurricane of the Eastern Pacific season, weakened to a tropical depression over the mountains of southern Mexico after producing mudslides that killed two g

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Hurricane Carlotta Becomes Category 2 StormMon, 18 Jun 2012 05:32:00 +0200.

The center of Tropical Storm Carlotta, the second hurricane of the Eastern Pacific season, was 10 miles (16 kilometers) southwest of Mexico ’s Puerto Angel shortly before 8 p.m. East Coast time, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Carl

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Mexico officials report 3rd death after CarlottaMon, 18 Jun 2012 03:27:00 +0200.

Authorities in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca are blaming Hurricane Carlotta for a third death.Oaxaca state Attorney General Manuel de Jesus Lopez said Sunday that a 56-year-old woman died ...

Carlotta weakens over Mexican mountainsSun, 17 Jun 2012 07:28:00 +0200.

Fierce winds and intense rainfall are expected to pummel southern Mexico on Saturday after Hurricane Carlotta made landfall on the Pacific coast.

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