Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for PAMELA-21
in Mexico

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone PAMELA-21 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000840
Name PAMELA-21
Glide number: CE-2021-000162-SOM
From - To 10 Oct - 14 Oct
Exposed countries Mexico
Exposed population 130 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 130 km/h Category 1
Maximum storm surge 0.5 m (13 Oct 12:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS NOAA 46 km/h 0.5 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 162 km/h 0.3 m 404 mm 0.5
GFS 130 km/h 0.4 m 440 mm 0.5
ECMWF 76 km/h 0.4 m 386 mm 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 390 | About casualties: 12 | Last hour: 0

14:49 Hurricane Pamela leaves at least 9,000 victims in Nayarit state ... 2021-10-17T13:27+0200.

Hurricane Pamela, which made landfall in the Pacific on Wednesday, has left at least 9,000 victims in Nayarit state, in addition to more than 2,000 families affected in Sinaloa state of Mexico, state authorities reported this Saturday, acco
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Meteo Cronaca DIRETTA: MESSICO, l'uragano Pamela provoca inondazioni n ... 2021-10-17T08:48+0200.

Meteo Cronaca DIRETTA: MESSICO, l'uragano Pamela provoca inondazioni nelle zone occidentali del Paese. Il VIDEO. Il potente uragano Pamela ha colpito duramente i settori occidentali del Messico, come testimoniano le immagini del video qui
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Record rainfall in Ottawa2021-10-16T23:44+0200.

A major storm system that moved over Ottawa Saturday morning dumped a record amount of rain. Environment Canada told CTV News Ottawa that 48.3 mm of rain fell on the city since midnight. More rain is expected through the rest of the day, bu
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Record rainfall in Ottawa2021-10-16T19:45+0200.

OTTAWA -- A major storm system that moved over Ottawa Saturday morning dumped a record amount of rain. Environment Canada told CTV News Ottawa that 48.3 mm of rain fell on the city since midnight. More rain is expected through the rest of t
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Analytical products

Daily Maps:

12/Oct/2021 04:22 UTC

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (40), (2), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),