Tropical Cyclone ROSA-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 23.

• Tropical Cyclone Tropical Depression (maximum wind speed of 93 km/h)
• from 30/10/2012 15:00 UTC to 04/11/2012 21:00 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

The tropical cyclone did not reach sufficient strength to cause significant storm surge.

Known identifiers for this event: ep1712 (jtwcId) EP172012 (noaaId)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 10 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Quand Jim Yong Kim appelle la population à la patience
Thu, 08 Nov 2012 07:47:00 +0100   lenouvelliste (fr)

Le président de la Banque mondiale (BM), Jim Yong Kim, a bouclé sa visite de quarante-huit heures en Haïti le mercredi 7 novembre 2012. Au salon diplomatique, avant de prendre un vol commercial vers New York, il a couvert l’administration Martelly/Lamothe de compliments, de roses.

People and organisations: World Bank  Jim Yong Kim 

Barack Obama face à l'évolution du pouvoir politique des Afro-américains
Wed, 07 Nov 2012 12:49:00 +0100   afiavi (fr)

Certains en concluent que les Etats-Unis sont en train de devenir une société « post-raciale ». Les mêmes personnes s'interrogent sur la fin “des black politics.” Dans un article du New York Times du 6 août 2008 intitulé « Is Obama the End of Black Politics ? », l'auteur soutient qu'une nouvelle....

People and organisations: Rosa Parks  Congressional Black Caucus  House of Representatives  Shirley Chisholm  Jesse Jackson  Jim Crow  Democratic Party  Jimmy Carter  Edmund Pettus Bridge  Freedom Party  New York Times  New York Times  Rutherford Hayes  John F Kennedy  Martin Luther King  Barack Obama  Walter Mondale  Martin Luther  The Nation  Lyndon Johnson  United States Congress  Black Panthers  Socialist Party 

In North Jersey, a desperate search for gasoline
Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:56:00 +0100   usaToday (en)

It was a familiar scene throughout suburban towns of North Jersey: long lines, short tempers, little fuel.

People and organisations: Getty Images  Hurricane Irene  Hurricane Irene  Episcopal Church  Starbucks  Jersey Turnpike  Energy Department 

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