Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for KRISTY-12
in Mexico

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 32547
Name KRISTY-12
From - To 12 Sep - 17 Sep
Exposed countries Mexico
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 111 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge 0.1 m (16 Sep 05:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
JRC 56 km/h 0.1 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 31 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

Nadine holds strength while Kristy weakensMon, 17 Sep 2012 14:07:00 +0200.

MIAMI, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Nadine trolled the Atlantic Ocean while Tropical Depression Kristy was falling apart in the Pacific Monday, U.S. forecasters said.
Tropical Storm Turns Away From U.S.; Kristy, Lane Far Off MexicoMon, 17 Sep 2012 12:15:00 +0200.

Tropical Storm Nadine, the 14th named system of the Atlantic hurricane season that runs through November, has turned east-northeastward and away from the U.S. and Caribbean. Nadine was 675 miles (1,085 kilometers) southwest of the Azores wi
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Lane, Kristy still patrolling PacificMon, 17 Sep 2012 07:06:00 +0200.

MIAMI, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Lane was getting closer to hurricane strength out in the Pacific Ocean Sunday night, U.S. forecasters said.
T.S. Lane joins Kristy in Pacific OceanSun, 16 Sep 2012 01:41:00 +0200.

MIAMI, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Lane was born in the Pacific Ocean Saturday, joining Kristy far off the coast of Mexico, U.S. forecasters said.

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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 (46), (2), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),