Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for LORENA-13
in Mexico

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 39870
Name LORENA-13
From - To 05 Sep - 08 Sep
Exposed countries Mexico
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 84 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 47 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 40 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Tropical Depression Lorena Weakening, Spinning West of Cabo San LucasSat, 07 Sep 2013 22:24:00 +0200.

Tropical Storm Lorena formed off the western coast of Mexico Thursday afternoon, adding another storm to the eastern Pacific hurricane season tally. Lorena became a little less organized Friday evening, causing the storm to weaken a little
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Lorena Weakens into Tropical Depression off MexicoSat, 07 Sep 2013 18:12:00 +0200.

Lorena was downgraded from a tropical storm to a tropical depression Saturday as it swirled off the coast of Mexico near the Baja California peninsula. The storm has dumped heavy rain on the region and had prompted authorities to prepare sh
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Rain chances go up over weekend, compared to previous daysSat, 07 Sep 2013 15:45:00 +0200.

The weather for this weekend will be pretty typical. We'll see highs around 90, partly sunny skies, and periods of rain.
Tropical storm Lorena struck Mexico at about 03:00 GMT on 7 September.Sat, 07 Sep 2013 12:52:00 +0200.

Data supplied by the US Navy and Air Force Joint Typhoon Warning Center suggest that the point of landfall was near 23.2 N, 111.0 W. Lorena brought 1-minute maximum sustained winds to the region of around 64 km/h (40 mph). Wind gusts in the
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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),