Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for ERNIE-17
Off-shore

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone ERNIE-17 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000347
Name ERNIE-17
From - To 06 Apr - 10 Apr
Exposed countries Off-shore
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 250 km/h Category 4
Maximum storm surge
Vulnerability --

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 74 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.
Virtual OSOCC
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 6 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

NASA Catches Tropical Cyclone Ernie Being Blown ApartTue, 11 Apr 2017 05:17:00 +0200.

NASA's Aqua satellite provided a birds-eye view of Tropical Cyclone Ernie as it was being battered by strong vertical wind shear and torn apart. NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Ernie on April 10 at 0720 UTC (3:20 a.m. EST) and the Moderat
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NASA Sees Tropical Cyclone Ernie IntensifySat, 08 Apr 2017 05:14:00 +0200.

The storm formerly known as tropical cyclone 15S, now called Tropical Cyclone Ernie continued to strengthen as NASA's Aqua satellite captured a visible image that showed the storm developed an eye. NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Ernie on
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Il ne concerne pas La Réunion Ernie devient le neuvième système baptis ... Fri, 07 Apr 2017 11:49:00 +0200.

Un quatrième cyclone évoluant dans le bassin sud-est de l'océan indien vient d'être baptisé. Ernie se trouve actuellement au large des côtes australiennes. Il ne concerne évidemment pas La Réunion, et il se trouve également loin de toute zo
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Ernie: le neuvième système baptisé dans le sud de l'Océan IndienFri, 07 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0200.

Un quatrième cyclone évoluant dans le bassin sud-est de l'océan indien vient d'être baptisé. Ernie se trouve actuellement au large des côtes australiennes. Il ne concerne évidemment pas La Réunion, et il se trouve également loin de toute zo
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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 (38), INFORM (1), (1),