Overall Green Tropical Cyclone alert for KAREN-13 in United States, Mexico from 03 Oct 2013 13:00 UTC to 06 Oct 2013 09:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for KAREN-13

in United States, Mexico

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	TC 40385
Name	KAREN-13
From - To	03 Oct - 06 Oct
Exposed countries	United States, Mexico
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	121 km/h Category 1
Maximum storm surge	0.7 m (04 Oct 04:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	Medium (United States)

GDACS Score

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
JRC	47 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	n.a	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
ECMWF	n.a	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.

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Latest media headlines

Evacuations ordered as tropical storm nears US coast 10/9/2013 5:27:00 PM.

Florida, 4 days ago Authorities issued mandatory evacuation orders for low-lying areas south of New Orleans on Friday as a weakened Tropical Storm Karen closed in on the Louisiana coast after disrupting U.S. energy output in the Gulf of Mex

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Riding the waves 10/9/2013 5:11:00 PM.

, 4 days ago Surfers enjoy the waves created by Tropical storm Karen in Pensacola Beach, Florida, on October 4. Karen's top winds were holding at 50 mph (80 kph), down from 65 mph (104 kph) a day earlier, and National Hurricane Center forec

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Sea gulls call 10/9/2013 9:28:00 AM.

, 3 days ago George Anderson of Pensacola feeds sea gulls before the possible arrival of Tropical Storm Karen in Pensacola Beach, Florida, on October 5. A severely weakened Tropical Storm Karen crept toward the Louisiana coast on Saturday a

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DHH reopens state's oyster harvest areas 10/8/2013 10:46:00 PM.

The state's health department has ordered the reopening of oyster harvest areas 1-12, except for Area 8, which are located from Lake Borgne in St. Bernard Parish to Barataria Bay in Jefferson Parish.

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