Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for BLANCA-15
in Mexico

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 1000166
Name BLANCA-15
From - To 01 Jun - 09 Jun
Exposed countries Mexico
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 259 km/h Category 5
Maximum storm surge 0.4 m (08 Jun 12:30 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS NOAA 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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Meteo assessment
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 476 | About casualties: 36 | Last hour: 0

Mexico: Tropical Storm Carlos forms off Mexico Pacific coastThu, 11 Jun 2015 20:39:00 +0200.

Mexico City, Mexico | AFP | Thursday 6/11/2015 - 17:34 GMT. Tropical Storm Carlos formed off Mexico's Pacific coast on Wednesday, threatening to lash the region with heavy rain and grow into a hurricane over the weekend. Carlos packed maxim
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In Cruel U.S. Storm, Rainfall Goes Where It’s Not NeededWed, 10 Jun 2015 16:43:00 +0200.

It’s the rain from the plume of Blanca, and it’s going to be bringing clouds to the sky and the chance of floods across the central U.S. and Canada. Tropical Storm Blanca, which peaked as a Category 4 hurricane, broke up over Baja Californi
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Blame Tropical Storm Blanca for rain, muggy weather in Southern Califo ... Wed, 10 Jun 2015 08:34:00 +0200.

The former hurricane that weakened to a post-tropical cyclone as it moved up the Baja California Peninsula has sent its fingers across the Southwestern United States, including the moisture that arrived Tuesday in the Southland. Bands of st
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NASA sees Blanca blanking out over BajaWed, 10 Jun 2015 00:12:00 +0200.

NOAA's GOES-West satellite captured this infrared image of Blanca's remnants over the northern Baja California peninsula on June 9 at 1245 UTC (8:45 a.m. EDT). Credit: NASA/NOAA GOES Project. The remnants of former Hurricane Blanca are blan
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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 (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),