Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for HELEN-13
in India

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 41389
Name HELEN-13
From - To 20 Nov - 22 Nov
Exposed countries India
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 111 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge 0.4 m (21 Nov 20:00 UTC)
Vulnerability High (India)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
JRC 64 km/h 0.4 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 381 | About casualties: 103 | Last hour: 0

India: 25 Nov 2013: India – Tropical Cyclones LEHAR and HELENMon, 25 Nov 2013 16:44:00 +0100.

Source: European Commission Humanitarian Aid department Country: India SITUATION Tropical Cyclone HELEN made landfall on 22 November at around 11h00 UTC near Machillipatnam, in Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh. Just before landfall, it had
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Latest regional snapshot highlights Cyclone Helen and earthquakes in C ... Mon, 25 Nov 2013 16:44:00 +0100.

Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: China, India, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam 1 PHILIPPINES Typhoon: Over 13 million people have been affected by Typhoon Haiyan which made landfall in the Phi
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Philippines: Asia Pacific Region: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapsho ... Mon, 25 Nov 2013 10:34:00 +0100.

Source: Association for Aid and Relief Japan Country: India, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam 1 PHILIPPINES Typhoon: Over 13 million people have been affected by Typhoon Haiyan which made landfall in the Philippines on November 7-8.
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Cyclone Helen Strikes India, At Least 6 DeadSun, 24 Nov 2013 20:51:00 +0100.

HYDERABAD, India — A cyclone killed at least six people and knocked out power to hundreds of villages in southern India on Friday. The India Meteorological Department said the storm hit Andhra Pradesh state with winds of 50 to 55 mph and he
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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 (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),