Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for MAHASEN-13
in Bangladesh, India

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone MAHASEN-13 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 37639
Name MAHASEN-13
Glide number: TC-2013-000060-BGD
From - To 11 May - 16 May
Exposed countries Bangladesh, India
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 167 km/h Category 2
Maximum storm surge 1.1 m (16 May 07:00 UTC)
Vulnerability High (Bangladesh)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
JRC 84 km/h 1.1 m n.a. 1.5
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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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (46), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),