Overall Orange Tropical Cyclone alert for HARVEY-17 in United States from 17 Aug 2017 15:00 UTC to 26 Aug 2017 21:00 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for HARVEY-17

in United States

26 Aug 2017 21 UTC

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Impact Single TC

Impact based on all weather systems in the area

Impact

Tropical Cyclone HARVEY-17 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed,exposed population and vulnerability.

Meteorological source	GDACS
Glide number:	TC-2017-000123-USA
Exposed countries	United States
Exposed population	500 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	213 km/h
Maximum storm surge	1.6 m (26 Aug 05:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	Low (United States)

GDACS Score

GDACS alert score for Tropical Cyclones is 0.5 (GREEN Alert), 1.5 (ORANGE Alert), 2.5 (RED Alert)
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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
Current	102 km/h	0.5 m	n.a.	0.5
Overall	213 km/h	1.6 m	n.a.	1.5
Maximum winds, storm surge, rainfall (Current: over the next 72 h, Overall: entire TC track) based on GDACS impact

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Wind

102 km/h Current Max.

Up to 7.9 million people in Tropical Storm strength or higher (see SSHS)

Impact Timeline

N°	Date (UTC)	Max Winds (km/h)	Population in Tropical Storm or higher	Population in Cat 1. or higher	Countries
1	17 Aug 2017 15:00	120	2.7 million	No people	Barbados, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala
2	17 Aug 2017 21:00	111	4 million	No people	Barbados, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Nicaragua, Honduras, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala
3	18 Aug 2017 03:00	111	2.8 million	No people	Barbados, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Nicaragua, Honduras, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala
4	18 Aug 2017 09:00	111	2.3 million	No people	Barbados, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala
5	18 Aug 2017 15:00	111	4.3 million	No people	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Grenada, Barbados, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala
6	18 Aug 2017 21:00	111	2.6 million	No people	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Barbados, Nicaragua, Honduras, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala
7	19 Aug 2017 03:00	102	3.5 million	No people	Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Barbados, Nicaragua, Honduras, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala
8	19 Aug 2017 09:00	102	3.2 million	No people	Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Barbados, Nicaragua, Honduras, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala
9	19 Aug 2017 15:00	111	2.6 million	No people	Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Barbados, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala
10	19 Aug 2017 21:00	83	2.7 million	No people	Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Barbados, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala
11	20 Aug 2017 03:00	56	580 thousand	No people	Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Barbados
12	23 Aug 2017 15:00	111	14.7 million	No people	Mexico, United States, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados
13	23 Aug 2017 21:00	111	5.1 million	No people	Mexico, United States, Saint Lucia, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados
14	24 Aug 2017 03:00	120	4.6 million	No people	Mexico, United States, Saint Lucia, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados
15	24 Aug 2017 09:00	139	6.8 million	440 thousand	United States
16	24 Aug 2017 15:00	185	13.4 million	210 thousand	United States
17	24 Aug 2017 18:00	204	13.4 million	200 thousand	United States
18	24 Aug 2017 21:00	204	13.8 million	200 thousand	United States
19	25 Aug 2017 03:00	185	15.2 million	510 thousand	United States
20	25 Aug 2017 09:00	194	14.5 million	440 thousand	United States
21	25 Aug 2017 15:00	194	15.7 million	460 thousand	United States
22	25 Aug 2017 21:00	204	12.7 million	150 thousand	United States
23	26 Aug 2017 03:00	213	12.1 million	520 thousand	United States
24	26 Aug 2017 09:00	157	9.6 million	520 thousand	United States
26	26 Aug 2017 21:00	102	7.9 million	520 thousand	United States

Bulletin Timeline

N°	Date (UTC)	Category (SSHS)	Max winds (km/h)	Population in Cat.1 or higher	Population in Tropical Storm or higher	Location (lat, lon)	Countries
1	17 Aug 2017 15:00	Tropical depression	56	no people	no people	13.1, -54.1
2	17 Aug 2017 21:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	no people	13, -55.8
3	18 Aug 2017 03:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	290000 people	13, -57.4	Barbados
4	18 Aug 2017 09:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	500000 people	13.1, -59.1	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
5	18 Aug 2017 15:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	290000 people	13.1, -61.3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
6	18 Aug 2017 21:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	no people	13.4, -62.9
7	19 Aug 2017 03:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	no people	13.7, -64.1
8	19 Aug 2017 09:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	no people	13.8, -65.9
9	19 Aug 2017 15:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	no people	13.9, -68.1
10	19 Aug 2017 21:00	Tropical depression	56	no people	no people	14.1, -70
11	20 Aug 2017 03:00	Tropical depression	56	no people	no people	14.3, -71.8
12	23 Aug 2017 15:00	Tropical depression	56	no people	no people	21.5, -92.5
13	23 Aug 2017 21:00	Tropical depression	56	no people	no people	21.6, -92.6
14	24 Aug 2017 03:00	Tropical depression	56	no people	no people	21.9, -92.6
15	24 Aug 2017 09:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	no people	23.2, -92.8
16	24 Aug 2017 15:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	no people	24, -93.3
17	24 Aug 2017 18:00	Category 1	139	no people	no people	24.4, -93.6
18	24 Aug 2017 21:00	Category 1	139	no people	no people	24.7, -93.9
19	25 Aug 2017 03:00	Category 1	139	no people	62000 people	25.2, -94.6	Mexico
20	25 Aug 2017 09:00	Category 2	167	no people	2 million people	25.9, -95.4	Mexico
21	25 Aug 2017 15:00	Category 2	176	55000 people	2.5 million people	26.7, -96	United States
22	25 Aug 2017 21:00	Category 3	204	82000 people	4.1 million people	27.5, -96.5	United States
23	26 Aug 2017 03:00	Category 4	213	500000 people	6.1 million people	28, -97	United States
24	26 Aug 2017 09:00	Category 2	157	140000 people	5.6 million people	28.5, -97.2	United States
26	26 Aug 2017 21:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	5.2 million people	29.1, -97.6	United States
26	27 Aug 2017 06:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	5.2 million people	29.1, -97.6	United States
26	27 Aug 2017 18:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	5 million people	28.9, -97.7	United States
26	28 Aug 2017 06:00	Tropical depression	56	no people	no people	28.5, -97.3	United States
26	28 Aug 2017 18:00	Tropical depression	56	no people	no people	28.3, -97.1	United States
26	29 Aug 2017 18:00	Tropical depression	56	no people	no people	28.7, -97	United States
26	30 Aug 2017 18:00	Tropical depression	56	no people	no people	29.5, -97	United States
26	31 Aug 2017 18:00	Tropical depression	56	no people	no people	30.5, -97	United States

Actual track of the current bulletin

The alert for forecast greater than 3 days is limited to Orange level.

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Exposed population - AoIs

Exposed population in the potential affected countries, provinces and populated places

Countries

Country
United States
Mexico
St. Lucia
St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Grenada
Barbados

Provinces

Region Province	Country
Texas	United States
Tamaulipas	Mexico
St. Lucia	Saint Lucia
St. Vincent & the Grenadines	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Grenada	Grenada
Barbados	Barbados

Populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population
Guero	Texas	United States	City	-
Gonzales	Texas	United States	City	7200 people
Yoakum	Texas	United States	City	5700 people
Seguin	Texas	United States	City	22000 people
Victoria	Texas	United States	City	61000 people
Beeville	Texas	United States	City	13000 people
New Braunfels	Texas	United States	City	36000 people
Lockhart	Texas	United States	City	12000 people
San Marcos	Texas	United States	City	35000 people
San Antonio	Texas	United States	Major city	1.1 million people
Edna	Texas	United States	City	5900 people
Port Lavaca	Texas	United States	City	12000 people
Mathis	Texas	United States	City	5000 people
Sinton	Texas	United States	City	5700 people
El Campo	Texas	United States	City	11000 people
Austin	Texas	United States	Major city	660000 people
Robstown	Texas	United States	City	13000 people
Corpus Christi	Texas	United States	Major city	280000 people
Alice	Texas	United States	City	19000 people
Bay City	Texas	United States	City	19000 people
Taylor	Texas	United States	City	14000 people
Georgetown	Texas	United States	City	28000 people
Kingsville	Texas	United States	City	26000 people
Cinco Ranch	Texas	United States	City	11000 people
New Territory	Texas	United States	City	14000 people
Sarita	Texas	United States	City	-
Angleton	Texas	United States	City	18000 people
Falfurrias	Texas	United States	City	5300 people
Freeport	Texas	United States	City	13000 people
Raymondville	Texas	United States	City	9700 people
Harlingen	Texas	United States	City	58000 people
Mercedes	Texas	United States	City	14000 people
San Benito	Texas	United States	City	23000 people
Brownsville	Texas	United States	City	140000 people
Matamoros	Tamaulipas	Mexico	City	430000 people
Castries	Castries	St. Lucia	Capital	13000 people
Kingstown	Saint George	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Capital	18000 people
Bridgetown	Saint Michael	Barbados	Capital	97000 people

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)
Joye Ranch		85				0
Yorktown		73				0
Bailey		138				0
Lempa		75				0
Cuero Community Hospital		64				0
Cuero Municipal		65				0
Karnes County		89				0
Porter Ranch		127				0
Gonzales Municipal		108				0
W B Burris		137				0
Gillingham		137				0
Yoakum Municipal		112				0
Glen Beicker Ranch		142				0
Gerum Farm		130				0
Pearson Ranch Private		107				0
Lackorn		128				0
Joe Fleming Field		151				0
Goliad Nalf		99				0
San Christoval Ranch		85				0
Elm Creek Airpark		168				0
Randolph AFB Aux		160				0
Wall Flying Service		134				0
Cleveland		183				0
Ball		38				0
Guadalupe Hospital		162				0
Dobbs Ranch		52				0
Cibolo Sea-Willo Airpark		158				0
Dean Ranch		122				0
Gottwald Field		134				0
John B Connally Ranch		162				0
Geronimo Field		169				0
Victoria Bank & Trust Motor Garage		35				0
Boening Brothers		124				0
Wilbourn Ranch		107				0
Moulton Municipal		114				0
Mc Creless Farm		183				0
Citizens Medical Center		29				0
Zuehl		180				0
The Carter Memorial		145				0
Hallettsville Municipal		84				0
County - Foster	VCT	35	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9100
Gary's		200				0
Midlake		163				0
Ray Farm		171				0
Brown Ranch		99				0
Moltz		183				0
Fentress Airpark		140				0
Russell Paradise		163				0
H M Ranch		229				0
Arrow S Ranch		84				0
Harmony Field		174				0
New Braunfels Municipal		198	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5300
Hilltop Ranch		232				0
Randolph AFB	RND	232	Mil.	Paved	Yes	8300
TJ-CJ (Private)		192				0
Chase Field NAS	NIR	58				0
Lockhart Municipal		162				0
Beeville Municipal		82				0
Martindale AAF	MDA	205	Mil.	Paved	No	3000
Long's Farm		146				0
Mc Coy Bldg Sup 16		203				0
McKenna Hospital		200				0
A W Ranch		165				0
Fox	FOX	198				0
Alison Air Park		192				0
Lesikar Ranch		84				0
Department of Public Safety		198				0
Marty Ranch		111				0
Stinson Municipal	SSF	176	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4800
Charles L Kelly Ahp		203				0
Fenner Ranch		38				0
Horizon		168				0
Memorial Hospital		15				0
Brooks Place		151				0
Flying R Ranch		259				0
Double D Ranch		158				0
Pleasanton Municipal		130	Civ.	Paved	Yes	3200
San Marcos Municipal		182	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6300
Green Lake Ranch		15				0
Rowco, Inc		215				0
Bat Cave Field		259				0
Cannon Field		186				0
Rooke Field	RFG	17	Civ.	Paved	No	4500
H B Zachry		194				0
Baptist Medical Center		216				0
Cherry Spraying Service		113				0
Maurice Dauwe Farm		136				0
Live Oak County		39				0
Kubecka Flying Service Inc.		20				0
San Antonio International	SAT	247	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8500
Mellon Ranch		12				0
Beefmaster's Best		76				0
Twin-Oaks		268				0
Galaxy Ranch		54				0
Gulf Coast		11				0
Jackson County		19				0
Kelly AFB	SKF	210	Mil.	Paved	Yes	11500
Yates		296				0
Bear Creek Ranch		415				0
Stovall Ranch Nr 1		33				0

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country
Port Lavaca	USPLV	Wake Island
Point Comfort	USPCR	Wake Island
Rockport		Wake Island
Port O'Connor		Wake Island
Palacios		Wake Island
Ingleside		Wake Island
Port Ingleside		Wake Island
Port Aransas		Wake Island
Corpus Christi	USCRP	Wake Island
Freeport	USFRP	Wake Island
Port Isabel	USPIS	Wake Island
Brownsville	USBRO	Wake Island
Castries	LCSLU	Saint Lucia
Cul de Sac Bay	LCCDS	Saint Lucia
Vieux Fort		Saint Lucia
Kingstown	VCKTN	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Admiralty Bay		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Speightstown		Barbados
Bridgetown	BBBGI	Barbados

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year
	Coleto Creek Dam	Coleto Creek	1980
	Calaveras Creek Dam	Calaveras Creek	1969
	Victor Braunig Dam	Arroyo Seco	1963
Choke Canyon	Choke Canyon	Frio River	1981
	Palmetto Bend Dam	Navidad River	1981
	Canyon Lake	Guadalupe River	1964
	Prudential Reservoir 3	Trib. Kellers Creek	1976
	Wesley E. Seale Dam	Nueces River	1958
	Lake Bastrop Dam	Spicer Creek	1964
	Cedar Creek Dam	Cedar Creek	1977
Decker Lake	Decker Creek Dam	Decker Creek	1967
	Tom Miller Dam	Colorado River	1939
	Medina Lake Dam	Medina River	1913
	Mansfield Dam	Colorado River	1942
	Cooling Reservoir Dam	Offstream Colorado River	1981
	Somerville Dam	Yegua Creek	1967
	Alcoa Lake Dam	Sandy Creek	1952
	Max Starcke Dam	Colorado River	1951
	North San Gabriel Dam	North Fork of San Gabriel River	1980
	Alvin Wirtz Dam	Colorado River	1951
Laneport Reservoir	Granger Dam	San Gabriel River	1979
Lake George	Smithers Lake Dam	Dry Creek	1957
	William Harris Reservoir Dam	Offstream Oyster Creek	1947
	Brazoria Reservoir Dam	Offstream Brazos River	1954
Monte Alto Reservoir	Delta Lake Unit 2 Levee	OS	1939
Lake Edinburg	Retama Reservoir Levee	OS	1935

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Rainfall

Rainfall accumulation of the past 24h, as detected by the Global Precipitation Measurement mission of NASA. For more information, see https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GPM/main/index.html.

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StormSurge

1.6 m

The maximum Storm surge height is 1.6m in Estes, United States. This height is estimated for 26 Aug 2017 05:00 UTC .

The JRC has developed an experimental global storm surge model. The calculations are published about 20 minutes after a new advisory is detected by GDACS. The calculations identify the populated places affected by storm surge up to three days in advance, using the forecasted track. When forecasts change, the associated storm surge changes too and alert levels may go up or down. All links, data, statistics and maps refer to the latest available calculation. If the calculation for the last advisory is not completed, the latest available calculation is shown.

Locations affected by Storm surge (91 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 24 of 26 Aug 2017 09:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

Alert	Date (UTC)	Name	Country	Storm surge height (m)
	26 Aug 2017 05:00	Estes	United States	1.6
	26 Aug 2017 05:00	Rockport	United States	1.6
	26 Aug 2017 05:00	Shell Ridge	United States	1.6
	26 Aug 2017 05:00	Copano Village	United States	1.6
	26 Aug 2017 05:00	Fulton	United States	1.6
	26 Aug 2017 05:00	Spanish Village	United States	1.6
	26 Aug 2017 04:00	Kenney Lane West Colonia	United States	1.4
	26 Aug 2017 04:00	Port Ingleside	United States	1.4
	26 Aug 2017 04:00	Indian Trails Lane Colonia	United States	1.4
	26 Aug 2017 04:00	Country Acres Colonia	United States	1.4
	26 Aug 2017 04:00	Country Estates Colonia	United States	1.4
	26 Aug 2017 04:00	Aransas Pass	United States	1.4
	26 Aug 2017 03:00	Mustang Beach	United States	1.4
	26 Aug 2017 03:00	Port Aransas	United States	1.4
	26 Aug 2017 05:00	Port O'Connor	United States	1.4
	26 Aug 2017 02:00	Palacios	United States	1.3
	26 Aug 2017 07:00	Matagorda	United States	1.0
	26 Aug 2017 00:00	Chinquapin	United States	0.7
	26 Aug 2017 16:00	Flake	United States	0.6
	26 Aug 2017 16:00	Elmgrove	United States	0.6
	26 Aug 2017 16:00	Crystal Beach	United States	0.6
	26 Aug 2017 16:00	Bolivar Peninsula	United States	0.6
	26 Aug 2017 16:00	Nadeau	United States	0.6
	26 Aug 2017 16:00	Texas City Junction	United States	0.6
	26 Aug 2017 16:00	Bayou Vista	United States	0.6
	26 Aug 2017 16:00	Texas City	United States	0.6
	26 Aug 2017 16:00	Virginia Point	United States	0.6
	26 Aug 2017 16:00	Port Bolivar	United States	0.6
	26 Aug 2017 16:00	Fort Travis	United States	0.6
	26 Aug 2017 15:00	Anderson Ways	United States	0.5
	25 Aug 2017 17:00	South Padre Island	United States	0.5
	26 Aug 2017 07:00	Gulf Park	United States	0.5
	26 Aug 2017 23:00	Intracoastal City	United States	0.5
	26 Aug 2017 07:00	Valasco Heights	United States	0.5
	26 Aug 2017 07:00	Freeport	United States	0.5
	26 Aug 2017 22:00	Patton	United States	0.5
	25 Aug 2017 17:00	Hoskins	United States	0.5
	26 Aug 2017 00:00	Bryan Beach	United States	0.5
	25 Aug 2017 17:00	Mims	United States	0.5
	25 Aug 2017 17:00	Hoskins	United States	0.5
	25 Aug 2017 17:00	Port Morris	United States	0.5
	26 Aug 2017 14:00	High Island	United States	0.5
	27 Aug 2017 00:00	Cheniere Au Tigre	United States	0.4
	26 Aug 2017 14:00	Caplen	United States	0.4
	26 Aug 2017 14:00	Gilchrist	United States	0.4
	26 Aug 2017 00:00	Flour Bluff	United States	0.4
	25 Aug 2017 19:00	Red Fish Cove	United States	0.4
	27 Aug 2017 03:00	Grand Chenier	United States	0.4
	25 Aug 2017 19:00	Quintana	United States	0.4
	25 Aug 2017 19:00	Surfside	United States	0.4
	25 Aug 2017 19:00	Surfside Beach	United States	0.4
	25 Aug 2017 20:00	Jamaica Beach	United States	0.4
	25 Aug 2017 19:00	Bay Harbor	United States	0.4
	26 Aug 2017 16:00	Sea Isle	United States	0.4
	26 Aug 2017 22:00	Johnson's Bayou	United States	0.4
	26 Aug 2017 22:00	Constance Beach	United States	0.4
	26 Aug 2017 22:00	Peveto Beach	United States	0.4
	26 Aug 2017 22:00	Holly Beach	United States	0.4
	26 Aug 2017 22:00	Cameron	United States	0.4
	25 Aug 2017 19:00	Galveston	United States	0.4
	26 Aug 2017 22:00	Oak Grove	United States	0.4
	26 Aug 2017 22:00	Gordy	United States	0.4
	26 Aug 2017 22:00	South Bend	United States	0.4
	26 Aug 2017 22:00	Ellerstie	United States	0.4
	25 Aug 2017 17:00	Yarborough	United States	0.3
	24 Aug 2017 15:00	Balantanche	Mexico	0.3
	25 Aug 2017 14:00	Holly Beach	United States	0.3
	25 Aug 2017 14:00	Laguna Vista	United States	0.3
	25 Aug 2017 14:00	Laguna Heights	United States	0.3
	25 Aug 2017 14:00	Port Isabel	United States	0.3
	25 Aug 2017 22:00	Boca Chica	United States	0.2
	25 Aug 2017 22:00	Kopernik Shores	United States	0.2
	24 Aug 2017 15:00	Haltunchen	Mexico	0.2
	24 Aug 2017 15:00	Seybaplaya	Mexico	0.2
	24 Aug 2017 15:00	Champoton	Mexico	0.2
	24 Aug 2017 16:00	Celestum	Mexico	0.2
	25 Aug 2017 21:00	Fraccionamiento Nuevo Leon	Mexico	0.2
	24 Aug 2017 15:00	Hoquel	Mexico	0.2
	24 Aug 2017 17:00	Sisal	Mexico	0.2
	24 Aug 2017 16:00	Porfirio Diaz	Mexico	0.1
	24 Aug 2017 16:00	Chenkan	Mexico	0.1
	24 Aug 2017 15:00	Santa Cruz	Mexico	0.1
	24 Aug 2017 15:00	Sabancuy	Mexico	0.1
	24 Aug 2017 15:00	Noham	Mexico	0.1
	26 Aug 2017 02:00	El Mezquital	Mexico	0.1
	24 Aug 2017 20:00	Mina de Oro	Mexico	0.1
	24 Aug 2017 19:00	Chelem	Mexico	0.1
	24 Aug 2017 19:00	Progreso	Mexico	0.1
	24 Aug 2017 19:00	Pixoy	Mexico	0.1
	24 Aug 2017 19:00	Telchac Puerto	Mexico	0.1
	24 Aug 2017 19:00	Chabihau	Mexico	0.1

Disclaimer
While we try everything to ensure accuracy, this information is purely indicative and should not be used for any decision making without alternate sources of information.
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