Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for FLORENCE-12
Off-shore

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone FLORENCE-12 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 31709
Name FLORENCE-12
From - To 04 Aug - 06 Aug
Exposed countries Off-shore
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 111 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge
Vulnerability -- ()

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
JRC 56 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 327 | About casualties: 22 | Last hour: 0

Atlantic Storm Speeds West, Ernesto Breaks Up Over MexicoFri, 10 Aug 2012 12:16:00 +0200.

Ernesto, formerly a hurricane, weakened to a tropical depression as it dissipated over the mountains of southern Mexico today while the next Atlantic weather system sped westward toward the Caribbean. Tropical Depression Seven was 930 miles
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NOAA ups hurricane forecastFri, 10 Aug 2012 07:14:00 +0200.

A slightly more active hurricane season than originally expected is now forecast, despite the predicted onset of an El Niño in the tropical Pacific Ocean.
Ernesto Goes Ashore as Depression Forms in AtlanticFri, 10 Aug 2012 03:08:00 +0200.

Tropical Storm Ernesto moved onto land and was pouring heavy rains across southern Mexico as the season’s next system formed in the Atlantic. Tropical Depression Seven developed about 1,155 miles (1,858 kilometers) east of the Windward Isla
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Ernesto Goes Ashore as Depression Forms in AtlanticFri, 10 Aug 2012 00:08:00 +0200.

Tropical Storm Ernesto moved onto land and began losing power over the mountains of Mexico as the season’s next system formed far out in the Atlantic. Tropical Depression Seven developed about 1,155 miles (1,858 kilometers) east of the Wind
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

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