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

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 32940
Name OSCAR-12
From - To 04 Oct - 05 Oct
Exposed countries Off-shore
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 84 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge n.a.
Vulnerability -- ()

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
JRC 84 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

Articles: 9 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

TS Nadine deteriorates, Oscar maintainsFri, 05 Oct 2012 07:00:00 +0200.

MIAMI, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Nadine fell apart Thursday after almost 22 days while Tropical Storm Oscar changed little in strength, U.S. forecasters said.
TS Nadine deteriorates, TS Oscar maintainsThu, 04 Oct 2012 14:52:00 +0200.

MIAMI, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Nadine was losing some of its punch Thursday while Tropical Storm Oscar changed little in strength, U.S. forecasters said.
Nadine approaches Azores, Oscar formsThu, 04 Oct 2012 06:47:00 +0200.

MIAMI, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The Azores were under a storm warning for Tropical Storm Nadine Wednesday, while Tropical Storm Oscar formed in the eastern Atlantic, forecasters said.
Tropical Storm Oscar forms in eastern Tropical Atlantic: NHCThu, 04 Oct 2012 05:56:00 +0200.

(Reuters) - Tropical Storm Oscar, the fifteenth named storm of the season, has formed in the eastern Tropical Atlantic on Wednesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its latest bulletin. The storm was located about 1,220 miles wes
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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