Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for MERBOK-22
in United States

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone MERBOK-22 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000914
Name MERBOK-22
From - To 10 Sep - 15 Sep
Exposed countries United States
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 130 km/h Category 1
Maximum storm surge n.a.
Vulnerability Low (United States)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 120 km/h n.a. n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 198 km/h n.a. 528 mm 0.5
GFS 162 km/h n.a. 446 mm 0.5
ECMWF 155 km/h n.a. 239 mm 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Les eaux de crue se retirent après la tempête qui frappe l’ouest de l’.. 9/18/2022 11:53:00 PM.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Les eaux de crue commençaient à reculer dans certaines parties de l’ouest de l’Alaska qui ont été battues par la pire tempête en un demi-siècle, laissant des débris projetés par les puissantes vagues de la mer de Bé
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Flood waters receding after storm batters western Alaska 9/18/2022 11:47:00 PM.

Flood waters have started to recede in some parts of Alaska after the worst storm in a half century battered the western coast, revealing debris that towering Bering Sea waves flung onto beaches and seaside communities. The storm, the remna
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Flood Waters Receding After Storm Batters Western Alaska 9/18/2022 11:35:00 PM.

Water from the Bering Sea, pushed by high winds, rushes into a home's backyard in Nome, Alaska, on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. Much of Alaska's western coast could see flooding and high winds as the remnants of Typhoon Merbok moved into the B
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Flood waters receding after storm batters western Alaska 9/18/2022 11:26:00 PM.

Two men walk through rushing water on Front Street, just a half block from the Bering Sea, in Nome, Alaska, on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. Much of Alaska's western coast could see flooding and high winds as the remnants of Typhoon Merbok move
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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 (40), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),