Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for ISAAC-12
in United States

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 32032
Name ISAAC-12
From - To 21 Aug - 30 Aug
Exposed countries United States
Exposed population 1.6 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 175 km/h Category 2
Maximum storm surge 3.5 m (29 Aug 18:13 UTC)
Vulnerability Low (United States)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
JRC 56 km/h 3.5 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

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Louisiana blames fifth U.S. death on IsaacMon, 03 Sep 2012 21:00:00 +0200.

Louisiana authorities blamed a fifth death on the effects of last week's Hurricane Isaac on Monday after a 90-year-old man died in a sweltering home without electricity in suburban New Orleans.
Authorities end search for second Wash. shooterMon, 03 Sep 2012 21:00:00 +0200.

Authorities in Washington state have called off their search for a second sniper after looking through a neighborhood and nearby woods where a man suspected of opening fire on a SWAT team and police officers was found dead.
Holmgren hopes to finish contract with BrownsMon, 03 Sep 2012 21:00:00 +0200.

Browns President Mike Holmgren hopes to finish his contract with a Cleveland franchise in the midst of an ownership change.
Another disaster brings candidates to Gulf CoastMon, 03 Sep 2012 20:54:00 +0200.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Mitt Romney wasted no time after accepting the GOP presidential nomination in heading to Louisiana to see the damage from Hurricane Isaac, changing his schedule on the fly to get there the very next day. President Barac
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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: WMO (5), EC-JRC (46), (2), INFORM (2),