Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for FIONA-16
Off-shore

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone FIONA-16 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000288
Name FIONA-16
From - To 17 Aug - 23 Aug
Exposed countries Off-shore
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 93 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge n.a.
Vulnerability --

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS NOAA 46 km/h n.a. 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

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South Florida forecasted for wind, rain over the weekendSat, 27 Aug 2016 14:06:00 +0200.

Showers and thunderstorms are expected Saturday as a tropical system slowly approaches the coast of Florida. The National Hurricane Center's 8 a.m. Saturday update showed Broward and Palm Beach counties to be outside the area that could see
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7:46 AM FORECAST: Weekend to stay dry, hotSat, 27 Aug 2016 13:58:00 +0200.

Saturday: It's going to be another hot and muggy day today with highs climbing to the mid-90s. Heat index values will be close to the triple digits in some spots. There will be the threat for a few scattered showers and storms Saturday afte
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Storm Gaston expected to become hurricane again: US monitorSat, 27 Aug 2016 13:08:00 +0200.

Washington (AFP) - Tropical Storm Gaston in the Atlantic is expected to pick up strength and once again become a hurricane, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Saturday. At 0900 GMT the center of Gaston was swirling south-e
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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), INFORM (1), (1),