Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for BAVI-15
in Guam, Northern Mariana Islands

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone BAVI-15 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000152
Name BAVI-15
From - To 11 Mar - 18 Mar
Exposed countries Guam, Northern Mariana Islands
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 130 km/h Category 1
Maximum storm surge 0.2 m (15 Mar 11:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Guam)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC n.a 0 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

Ayuda Foundation steps up to help cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu 3/20/2015 3:16:00 AM.

Posted: While Guam was barely grazed by Tropical Storm Bavi earlier this week, our neighbors in the Pacific weren't so fortunate. Vanuatu, an archipelago with 260,000 people spread over 65 islands, was devastated by Cyclone Pam last weeke
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Montpellier : relever le défi de l'agriculture climato-intelligente 3/18/2015 8:42:00 AM.

Le Languedoc-Roussillon n'est pas le Vanuatu dévasté par un typhon. "Cet état, symbole du dérèglement climatique, en bavera plus que Palavas même si ça risque de ne pas être drôle non plus à Palavas dans quelques années", prévient néanmoins
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Four babies born in hospital during Tropical Storm Bavi 3/17/2015 6:35:00 PM.

FOUR babies were born Sunday at Guam Memorial Hospital as Tropical Storm Bavi moved across the Mariana Islands bringing winds of 45 miles per hour and higher. According to June Perez, GMH public information officer, the babies were born to
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CNMI Cleans Up After Tropical Storm Bavi, Guam Largely Spared 3/17/2015 1:59:00 AM.

Downed trees, power outages, scattered debris throughout Commonwealth. By Ferdie De La Torre. SAIPAN, CNMI (Saipan Tribune, March 17, 2015) – Tropical Storm Bavi weakened as it moved farther west from the CNMI yesterday. Aside from a barrag
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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), INFORM (2), (1),