Tropical Cyclone FLORENCE-12 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the Maximum sustained wind speed and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Updated: this report is based on advisory number 11.

• Tropical Cyclone Tropical Depression (maximum wind speed of 93 km/h)
• from 04/08/2012 15:00 UTC to 06/08/2012 15:00 UTC
• Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0

Extreme Rain

Potential rainfall is calculated based on rainfall observed by several microwave satellite sensors.

The image shows the total rainfall accumulation associated with the cyclone.

Storm surge

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Known identifiers for this event: al0612 (jtwcId) AL062012 (noaaId)

Latest media headlines

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Atlantic Storm Speeds West, Ernesto Breaks Up Over Mexico
Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:16:00 +0200   bloomberg (en)

Ernesto, formerly a hurricane, weakened to a tropical depression as it dissipated over the mountains of southern Mexico today while the next Atlantic weather system sped westward toward the Caribbean. Tropical Depression Seven was 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) from the Windward Islands and moving “....

People and organisations: National Hurricane Center  Hurricane Gordon  Hurricane Center 

NOAA ups hurricane forecast
Fri, 10 Aug 2012 07:14:00 +0200   caycompass (en)

A slightly more active hurricane season than originally expected is now forecast, despite the predicted onset of an El Niño in the tropical Pacific Ocean.

People and organisations: El Niño  El Niño  National Hurricane Center  Colorado State  Gerry Bell  Phil Klotzbach  William Gray  Hurricane Center  Colorado State University 

Ernesto Goes Ashore as Depression Forms in Atlantic
Fri, 10 Aug 2012 03:08:00 +0200   bloomberg (en)

Tropical Storm Ernesto moved onto land and was pouring heavy rains across southern Mexico as the season’s next system formed in the Atlantic. Tropical Depression Seven developed about 1,155 miles (1,858 kilometers) east of the Windward Islands with winds of 35 miles per hour, the National Hurricane Center said in an advisory shortly before 5 p.

People and organisations: Petróleos Mexicanos  National Hurricane Center  Hurricane Gordon  Dos Bocas  Hurricane Center  Cayo Arcas 

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