Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for JOAQUIN-15
in Bahamas

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 1000220
Name JOAQUIN-15
From - To 28 Sep - 08 Oct
Exposed countries Bahamas
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 250 km/h Category 4
Maximum storm surge
Vulnerability Low (The Bahamas)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS NOAA 102 km/h 0.8 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: 387 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Doomed cargo ship reportedly left normal course, sailed into the track ... Sun, 11 Oct 2015 23:10:00 +0200.

Thursday’s report by Reuters used tracking data to establish the U.S.-flagged vessel’s path in its final hours. The data uses a ship’s satellite transmissions to track its location and speed. The ship was last heard from early on the mornin
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Mayaguana residents tackle post-hurricane flooding as relief supplies ... Sun, 11 Oct 2015 17:36:00 +0200.

By BRENT STUBBS. Senior Sports Reporter. bstubbs@tribunemedia.net. ALTHOUGH there was minimum structural damage, many of the 200-plus residents of Mayaguana are hoping that they can get though the flooding in the majority of their three set
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Bahamas: Hurricane Joaquin - Situation Report #6 as of 6:00 pm on Octo ... Sun, 11 Oct 2015 16:55:00 +0200.

HIGHLIGHTS: •CDEMA RNAT concludes field assessments in affected family Islands •Initial situation overview completed for Turks and Caicos Islands and detailed damage assessments ongoing •CDEMA Executive Director continues high level consult
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Haiti: Hurricane Joaquin - Situation Report #7 as of 3:30 pm on Octobe ... Sun, 11 Oct 2015 16:55:00 +0200.

Highlights 4 temporary shelters closed in the north-west and Nippes; 110 mattresses, 100 hygiene kits, 50 sheets and 250 food kits were distributed to evacuees in Port-de-Paix from the Civil Protection Directorate contingency stock; About 9
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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),