Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for MELISSA-13
in Portugal

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 41370
Name MELISSA-13
From - To 18 Nov - 22 Nov
Exposed countries Portugal
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 111 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge
Vulnerability Low (Portugal)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
JRC 84 km/h 0 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 28 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Avis de tempête sur le MarocSat, 23 Nov 2013 14:07:00 +0100.

La tempête tropicale Melissa est au large du Maroc. Elle est centrée à environ 440 miles à l'ouest-nord-ouest des Açores, et se déplace ver...
Two Weeks After Typhoon, Philippines Sees Signs Of Normal LifeFri, 22 Nov 2013 23:02:00 +0100.

It's been two weeks since the typhoon devastated Tacloban city in the Philippines. Marine Brig. Gen. Paul Kennedy is in Tacloban overseeing U.S. military relief efforts in the Philippines, and he says the city is picking up the pieces, busi
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Caribbean Hurricane Season 2013Fri, 22 Nov 2013 04:25:00 +0100.

Filed Under: Jamaica KINGSTON (MetOffice; 05:00PM) -- At 4:00 p.m. the centre of Sub-Tropical Storm Melissa was located near Latitude 29.8 degrees north and Longitude 54.2 degrees west or about 1045 kilometres east southeast of Bermuda. Fi
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Tropical Storm Melissa could become post-tropical later Thursday; no t ... Fri, 22 Nov 2013 00:20:00 +0100.

Tropical Storm Melissa is moving east-northeast at 32 mph. Maximum sustained winds are 50 mph.

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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),