Overall Red alert Tropical Cyclone for KENNETH-19
in , Mozambique, Comoros

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone KENNETH-19 can have a high humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000559
Name KENNETH-19
Glide number: TC-2019-000039-COM
From - To 23 Apr - 25 Apr
Exposed countries , Mozambique, Comoros
Exposed population 260 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 231 km/h Category 4
Maximum storm surge 1 m (25 Apr 16:00 UTC)
Vulnerability --

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 139 km/h 1 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 259 km/h 1.6 m n.a. 2.5
GFS 205 km/h 1.1 m 701 mm 2.5
ECMWF 173 km/h 0.8 m 730 mm 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Mozambique: le bilan du cyclone Kenneth monte à 38 morts dans le nord .. 4/29/2019 6:02:00 PM.

Le bilan du passage du cyclone Kenneth sur l'extrême nord du Mozambique la semaine dernière s'est alourdi lundi à 38 morts, alors que la forte montée des eaux complique les efforts des secours pour venir en aide aux milliers de sinistrés. D
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Le bilan du cyclone Kenneth monte à 38 morts dans le nord du Mozambiqu.. 4/29/2019 6:00:00 PM.

Le bilan du passage du cyclone Kenneth sur l'extrême nord du Mozambique la semaine dernière s'est alourdi lundi à 38 morts, alors que la forte montée des eaux complique les efforts des secours pour venir en aide aux milliers de sinistrés. D
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38 killed as floods worsen in Mozambique after second cyclone 4/29/2019 5:57:00 PM.

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Le bilan du cyclone Kenneth monte à 38 morts dans le nord du Mozambiqu.. 4/29/2019 5:49:00 PM.

Le bilan du passage du cyclone Kenneth sur l'extrême nord du Mozambique la semaine dernière s'est alourdi lundi à 38 morts, alors que la forte montée des eaux complique les efforts des secours pour venir en aide aux milliers de sinistrés. D
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30/Apr/2019 06:39 UTC

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: UNOSAT (1), EMSR (4), EC-JRC (38), INFORM (1), (1),