Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for FRANKLIN-17
in Mexico

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 1000383
Name FRANKLIN-17
Glide number: TC-2017-000105-MEX
From - To 06 Aug - 10 Aug
Exposed countries Mexico
Exposed population 1.1 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 139 km/h Category 1
Maximum storm surge 0.7 m (09 Aug 03:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS NOAA 111 km/h 0.7 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF n.a n.a. n.a. n.a.
GFS 62 km/h 0.3 m n.a. 0.5
ECMWF n.a 0.2 m n.a. 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

Atlantic Hurricane Season could be worse than usual 8/14/2017 7:28:00 AM.

FLORIDA, United States--Forecasters are now predicting a higher likelihood of an above-normal season and they increased the predicted number of named storms and major hurricanes. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NO
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Tropical Storm Gert to turn north, then northeast 8/14/2017 7:13:00 AM.

(RNN) - Tropical Storm Gert has formed in the Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center reported Sunday. The NHC's 11 p.m. advisory said the storm is about 485 miles west-southwest of Bermuda, with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph and
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Mexico: Services Reestablished in Zones Affected by Hurricane 8/14/2017 5:21:00 AM.

Mexico.- The electric service, affected during the path of Hurricane Franklin through the Mexican national territory this week, is practically reestablished, the Federal Electricity Commission confirmed today. According to the report, ne
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Tropical Storm Gert forms in the Atlantic 8/13/2017 11:52:00 PM.

(RNN) - Tropical Storm Gert has formed in the Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center reported at 5 p.m. Sunday. The storm is about 505 miles west-southwest of Bermuda, with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph and a present movement of
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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 (38), (2), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),