Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for KAREN-13
in United States, Mexico

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 40385
Name KAREN-13
From - To 03 Oct - 06 Oct
Exposed countries United States, Mexico
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 121 km/h Category 1
Maximum storm surge 0.7 m (04 Oct 04:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (United States)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
JRC 47 km/h 0.7 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: 432 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Evacuations ordered as tropical storm nears US coastWed, 09 Oct 2013 17:27:00 +0200.

Florida, 4 days ago Authorities issued mandatory evacuation orders for low-lying areas south of New Orleans on Friday as a weakened Tropical Storm Karen closed in on the Louisiana coast after disrupting U.S. energy output in the Gulf of Mex
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Riding the wavesWed, 09 Oct 2013 17:11:00 +0200.

, 4 days ago Surfers enjoy the waves created by Tropical storm Karen in Pensacola Beach, Florida, on October 4. Karen's top winds were holding at 50 mph (80 kph), down from 65 mph (104 kph) a day earlier, and National Hurricane Center forec
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Sea gulls callWed, 09 Oct 2013 09:28:00 +0200.

, 3 days ago George Anderson of Pensacola feeds sea gulls before the possible arrival of Tropical Storm Karen in Pensacola Beach, Florida, on October 5. A severely weakened Tropical Storm Karen crept toward the Louisiana coast on Saturday a
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DHH reopens state's oyster harvest areasTue, 08 Oct 2013 22:46:00 +0200.

The state's health department has ordered the reopening of oyster harvest areas 1-12, except for Area 8, which are located from Lake Borgne in St. Bernard Parish to Barataria Bay in Jefferson Parish.

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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), WMO (1), INFORM (2),