Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for HIGOS-15
Off-shore

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone HIGOS-15 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000143
Name HIGOS-15
From - To 07 Feb - 11 Feb
Exposed countries Off-shore
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 222 km/h Category 4
Maximum storm surge
Vulnerability -- ()

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 47 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.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 226 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

TRMM and GPM satellites measure rainfall rates in Typhoon HigosTue, 10 Feb 2015 20:19:00 +0100.

On Feb. 9, 2015 GPM's GMI measured rain falling at a rate of over 35.5 mm (1.3 inches) southwest of the center of circulation. Credit: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite and the Global Precipitat
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Image: Fires dot the southeastern United StatesTue, 10 Feb 2015 15:08:00 +0100.

In Georgia specifically, have broken out due to high winds , low humidity and a lot of fuel present which are the perfect combinations for a brush fire to ignite. This happens to be the case in DeKalb, Georgia. Other fires seen in this imag
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Suomi NPP gets an infrared look at Typhoon HigosMon, 09 Feb 2015 20:02:00 +0100.

On Feb. 9, 2015 at 14:34 UTC, the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA-NOAA's Suomi satellite captured an infrared picture of Tropical Cyclone Higos in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. Credit: NRL/NASA/NOAA Typhoon Higos was on a strengthening trend
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Higos (Northwest Pacific Ocean)Mon, 09 Feb 2015 19:08:00 +0100.

[image-36] NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP Gets an Infrared Look at Typhoon Higos. Typhoon Higos was on a strengthening trend when NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed overhead and captured infrared data on the storm, showing powerful thunderstorms
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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), INFORM (2),