Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for SONIA-13
in Mexico

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone SONIA-13 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 41011
Name SONIA-13
From - To 03 Nov - 04 Nov
Exposed countries Mexico
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 74 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge n.a.
Vulnerability Medium (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
JRC 56 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 71 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Tropical Storm Sonia: Mexico Socked...Mon, 04 Nov 2013 21:41:00 +0100.

MEXICO CITY -- Former Tropical Storm Sonia dissipated over the Mexican Pacific coast state of Sinaloa, but not before causing some minor flooding in cities such as Mazatlan and Culiacan, forcing the evacuation of around 1,000 people, author
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Tropical Depression Sonia dissipates over western MexicoMon, 04 Nov 2013 19:31:00 +0100.

MEXICO CITY, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Tropical Depression Sonia dissipated over western Mexico on Monday, though the government said there was a chance of continued rains over swaths of western Mexico that experienced major flooding over the past
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Tropical Storm Sonia Hits Mexico; Minor FloodingMon, 04 Nov 2013 18:29:00 +0100.

Former Tropical Storm Sonia dissipated over the Mexican Pacific coast state of Sinaloa, but not before causing some minor flooding in cities such as Mazatlan and Culiacan, forcing the evacuation of around 1,000 people, authorities said Mond
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Tropical Storm Sonia hits Mexico; minor floodingMon, 04 Nov 2013 18:22:00 +0100.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Former Tropical Storm Sonia dissipated over the Mexican Pacific coast state of Sinaloa, but not before causing some minor flooding in cities such as Mazatlan and Culiacan, forcing the evacuation of around 1,000 people, au
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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),