Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for PAUL-12
in Mexico

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 33096
Name PAUL-12
From - To 13 Oct - 17 Oct
Exposed countries Mexico
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 195 km/h Category 3
Maximum storm surge 0.5 m (16 Oct 22:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
JRC 56 km/h 0.5 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 152 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Baja Mining Reports No Damages to Boleo Project Due to Hurricane PaulFri, 19 Oct 2012 00:34:00 +0200.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/18/12 -- Baja Mining Corp. ("Baja") (TSX: BAJ)(OTCQX: BAJFF) informs that its 49% owned company Minera y Metalurgica del Boleo S.A. de C.V. ("MMB")...
Hurricane Paul Weakens near Mexico; Rafael to Miss BermudaThu, 18 Oct 2012 14:58:00 +0200.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hurricane Paul was weakening rapidly as it neared a sparsely populated area of Mexico's Baja peninsula, while Hurricane Rafael was expected to pass Bermuda in the Atlantic, the U.S. [More]
Travelers Profit Doubles to $864 Million, Beats EstimatesThu, 18 Oct 2012 14:25:00 +0200.

, the only insurer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, said third-quarter profit more than doubled on lower claims costs tied to natural disasters. The stock rallied in early trading. Net income advanced to $864 million, or $2.21 per share
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Travelers Profit Doubles to $864 Million, Beats EstimatesThu, 18 Oct 2012 13:21:00 +0200.

, the insurer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, posted record operating profit per share in the third-quarter on reduced claims costs tied to natural disasters. Net income advanced to $864 million, or $2.21 per share, from $333 million,
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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 (46), (2), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),