Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for PILAR-17
in Mexico

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 1000405
Name PILAR-17
From - To 23 Sep - 25 Sep
Exposed countries Mexico
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 93 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge n.a.
Vulnerability Medium (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 37 km/h n.a. n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 62 km/h 0.2 m n.a. 0.5
GFS 29 km/h 0.2 m n.a. 0.5
ECMWF n.a 0.2 m n.a. 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 163 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

NASA Catches Tropical Depression Pilar Hugging And Soaking Mexico's Co ... Mon, 25 Sep 2017 20:28:00 +0200.

. Published: September 25, 2017. Released by Tropical Storm Pilar formed near the southwestern coast of Mexico on Saturday, Sept. 23 and continued hugging the coast when NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites passed overhead. Pilar weakened to a
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World News New earthquake, magnitude 6.1, shakes jittery MexicoMon, 25 Sep 2017 14:14:00 +0200.

The government of Oaxaca state reported that some homes collapsed. A woman died when a wall of her home fell on her in the town of Asuncion Ixtaltepec, and a man died after a wall fell on him in San Blas Atempa. Four people were injured in
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Tropical Storm Pilar skirts Mexico coast with rain and windMon, 25 Sep 2017 11:32:00 +0200.

MEXICO CITY — Tropical Storm Pilar is moving northward in the Pacific just off Mexico’s western shore, raking coastal areas with rain and high winds after passing close to the resort city of Puerto Vallarta. Pilar had maximum sustained wind
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Tropical storm Pilar skirts Mexico coastMon, 25 Sep 2017 10:51:00 +0200.

MEXICO CITY: Tropical Storm Pilar is moving northward in the Pacific just off Mexico's western shore, raking coastal areas with rain and high winds after passing close to the resort city of Puerto Vallarta. Pilar had maximum sustained winds
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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), (2), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),